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| A formula or set of steps for solving a particular problem |
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| Structured programming (pg. 508) |
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| Takes a top-down approach that breaks programs into modular forms |
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| Top-down program design (pg. 508) |
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| Proceeds by identifying the top element, or module, or a program and then breaking it down in hierarchal fashion to the lowest level of detail |
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| A processing step of a program. Each module is made up of logically related program statements. |
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| A method of designing a program using normal human-language statements to describe the logic and the processing flow. |
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| Program flowchart (pg. 510) |
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| A chart that graphically presented the detailed series of steps (algorithm, or logical flow) needed to solve a programming problem |
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| Control structure (pg. 510) (logic structure) |
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| A structure that controls the logical sequence in which computer program instructions are executed. In structured program design, three control structures are used to form the logic of a program: sequence, selection, and iteration (or loop). |
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| Programming language (pg. 513) |
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| A set of rules that tells the computer what operations to do |
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| The rules of the programming language |
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| Program testing (pg. 514) |
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| Involves running various tests and then running real-world data to make sure the program works |
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| Simply reading through, or checking, the program to make sure that it’s free of errors and that the logic works |
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| Means to detect, locate, and remove all errors in a computer program |
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| Caused by typographical errors and incorrect use of the programming language |
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| Caused by incorrect use of control structures |
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| Assembly language (pg. 517) |
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| A low-level programming language that allows a programmer to write a program using abbreviations or more easily remembered words instead of numbers |
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| Language translator (pg. 518) |
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| A type of system software that translates a program written in a second-, third-, or higher-generation language into machine language |
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| Assembler (pg. 518) (assembler program) |
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| A program that translates the assembly-language program into machine language |
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| High-level language, or procedure-oriented language (pg. 519) (procedural/object-oriented language) |
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| Resembles some human language such as English |
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| A language-translator program that converts the entire program of a high-level language into machine language before the computer executes the program |
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| A language-translator program that converts each procedural language statement into machine language and executes it immediately, statement by statement |
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| Very high level language, or problem-oriented language (4GL) (pg. 520) (nonprocedural languages) |
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| Are much more user-oriented and allow users to develop programs with fewer commands compared with procedural languages |
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| Natural language (pg. 522) |
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| Two types; The first comprises ordinary human languages: English, Spanish, and so on. The second type comprises programming languages that use human language to give people a more natural connection with computers. |
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| Object-oriented programming (OOP) (pg. 526) |
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| Data and the instructions for processing that data are combined into a self-sufficient “object” that can be used in other programs |
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| Visual programming (pg. 528) |
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| A method of creating programs in which the programmer makes connections between objects by drawing, pointing, and clicking on diagrams and icons and by interacting with flowcharts |
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| Markup language (pg. 528) |
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| A kind of coding, or “tags,” inserted into text that embeds details about the structure and appearance of the text |
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| A short list of self-executing commands embedded in a web page that perform a specific function or routine |
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| Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML), or Virtual Reality Markup Language (pg. 529) |
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| A type of programming language used to create three-dimensional web pages including interactive animation |
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| A popular object-oriented scripting language that is widely supported in web browsers. It adds interactive functions to HTML pages. |
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| A set of rules, or reusable components, that enable programs or content of almost any type to be embedded within a web page |
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| Perl (Practical Extraction and Report Language) (pg. 531) |
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| a general-purpose programming language developed for text manipulation and now used for web development, network programming, system administration, GUI development, and other tasks |
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| What is a program? (pg. 505) |
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| What are the five steps in programming? (pg. 506) |
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| How was the concept of modularization (using subroutines) made programming easier? (pg. 508) |
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| Identify and briefly describe the three control structures in structured program design. (pgs. 510-513) |
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| What is a programming language? (pg. 513) |
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| Describe the necessity of user, operator, and programmer documentation. (pgs. 514-515) |
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| No matter what generation they belong to, what must all programming languages have in common? (pgs. 516-517) |
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| Describe the role of compilers and interpreters. (pg. 519) |
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| What is natural language? (pg. 522) |
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| How does the purpose of the computer program influence the selection of third-generation programming language? (pgs. 522-525) |
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| What is an object, and what is its significance to programming? (pg. 526) |
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| Describe three basic concepts of OOP. (pg. 526-527) |
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| How does C++ differ from C? (pg. 527) |
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| How does Java differ from HTML? (pg. 527) |
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| Contrast HTML and VRML programming. (pgs. 529-530) |
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