ECEN 350 Midterm - TAMU Mi Lu Exam Questions With Correct Answers.

ECEN 350 Midterm - TAMU Mi Lu Exam
Questions With Correct Answers

FORTRAN |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-FORmula |TRANslator



ALGO |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-ALGOrithmic |language |



ex: |C



COBOL |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-COmmon |Business |Oriented |Language



High |Level |Language |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-A |programming |language |that |is |designed |to |be |
easy |for |humans |to |read |and |write.



EX: |C, |C++, |Java, |Python



Assembly |Language |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-"Something |in |between" |high |level |language |and |
machine |language



Ex: |ADD |A, |B



Assembler |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-converts |assembly |language |into |machine |language |



ADD |A, |B |--> |1000110010100000

, Machine |Langauge |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |programming |language |that |is |directly |readable |
by |the |computer's |CPU. |Binary.



what |the |computer |understands



Ex: |1000110010100000



Compiler |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-translates |high |level |language |into |assembly |language



A+B |-> |ADD |A, |B



Memory |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-where |the |programs |and |data |are |kept



Processor |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-active |part |of |the |computer

--> |add |numbers, |test |numbers, |signal |I/O



CPU |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Central |Processing |Unit



Datapath |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-partitions |the |arithmetic |operations



Control |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Tells |the |datapath, |memory |and |I/O |devices |what |to |do |
according |to |the |wishes |of |the |instructions |of |the |program



DRAM |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Dynamic |Random |Access |Memory. |



takes |the |same |amount |of |time |to |access |the |memory |no |matter |what |portion |of |the |memory
|is |read