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The fourth generation of computing saw the appearance of the first ____.
compiler
minicomputer
microcomputer
transistor
microcomputer
A(n) ____ operation is one that can be understood and carried out directly by the
computing agent without further simplification.
ambiguous
associative
unambiguous
variable
unambiguous
Computer scientists are exclusively responsible for all of the following EXCEPT
____.
building software packages
testing software packages
,using software packages
designing software packages
using software packages
Which of the following did not appear during the second generation of
computing?
transistors
programmers
integrated circuits
high-level programming languages
integrated circuits
Once an algorithm is formally specified, the ____ carries out the steps of the
algorithm.
appellation
builder
addressing agent
computing agent
computing agent
he first generation of computers used ____ for processing and storage.
commands
transistors
integrated circuits
vacuum tubes
vacuum tubes
,According to the definition of computer science proposed by Norman Gibbs and
Allen Tucker, the central concept in computer science is the ____.
machine
object
procedure
algorithm
algorithm
____ means there exists a computational process that allows the computing
agent to complete that operation successfully.
Procedural
Sequential
Effectively computable
Conditional
Effectively computable
In ____ computing, miniature computers are embedded into our cars, cameras,
kitchen appliances, home heating systems, clothing, and even our bodies.
contiguous
embedded
ubiquitous
wireless
ubiquitous
Which of the following operation categories provide the "looping" instructions of
an algorithm?
, conditional
iterative
sequential
compiled
iterative
The ____ developed numerical methods for generating square roots,
multiplication tables, and trigonometric tables used by early sailors.
Chinese
Egyptians
Indians
Persians
Egyptians
Which of the following operations are the "question-asking" instructions of an
algorithm?
recursive
iterative
sequential
conditional
conditional
Hollerith's card machines solved what real-world problem in the late 19th
century?
calculating the impact of the robber barons on the U.S. economy
determining the cost of the Land Grant colleges