CSCI 1010 MIDTERM APSU QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

CSCI 1010 MIDTERM APSU
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS




CPU---ans-✔✔Central-Processing-Unit

Memory---ans-✔✔Place-where-computer-stores-short-term-data

RAM---ans-✔✔Random-Access-Memory;-temporary-memory.

Address---ans-✔✔Path-for-a-file-on-a-computer-/-location-of-file-on-computer

Bit---ans-✔✔A-contraction-of-"Binary-Digit".-A-bit-is-the-single-unit-of-information-in-a-
computer,-typically-represented-as-a-0-or-1.

Byte---ans-✔✔a-group-of-8-bits

File---ans-✔✔A-collection-of-information-saved-as-a-unit.

OS---ans-✔✔operating-system

Compiler---ans-✔✔Converts-code-into-bytecode-for-the-java-interpreter-to-read-and-
execute

Interpreter---ans-✔✔Converts-a-program-written-in-a-higher-level-language-into-a-lower-
level-language-and-executes-it.

Source-Code---ans-✔✔contains-instructions-written-by-a-programmer-specifying-the-
actions-to-be-performed-by-computer-software

Bytecode---ans-✔✔instructions-for-the-Java-virtual-machine-used-by-the-interpreter

Statement---ans-✔✔instructions-that-tell-the-program-what-to-do

Variable---ans-✔✔An-object-that-you-give-a-value

Expression---ans-✔✔A-statementt-made-up-of-variables,-operators,-and-method-
invocations,-which-are-constructed,-that-evaluates-to-a-single-value.