Computer science
Across
- 3. A collection of raw facts and figures that can be manipulated to be understood by a computer
- 4. Detailed examination of the elements or structure of something.
- 6. Computer recourses under the control of a computer
- 11. A system of expressing numbers in which the digits are arranged in succession.
- 12. System representation uses 7 lights to represent 10 decimal digits.
- 14. A digit in the binary number system; a 0 or a 1
- 16. A low level computer language
- 17. A precise step by step set of instructions for a computer to solve a problem
- 19. The number of circuits that could be placed on a single integrated circuit was an observation
- 20. A technique for isolating program pieces by eliminating the ability for one piece to access the information in another.
- 21. When computer hardware has become more powerful in a smaller package at a lower cost.
- 24. The branch of mathematics dealing with properties and manipulation of numbers
- 25. Calculates the product of two numbers by performing repeated addition.
- 26. A mechanical adding machine, used to take the census every ten years in the U.S
- 28. A unit of an abstract mathematical system subject to the laws of arithmetic
- 29. The collection of physical elements that make up the machine
- 32. Also known as ICs, these were solid pieces of silicon that contained transistors.
- 34. generation This generation was characterized by Large-scale Intergration.
- 36. Specifies the number of digits used in the system.
- 37. A value less than 0, with a sign opposite to its positive counterpart
- 39. Base 8
- 40. Eight binary digits
- 41. The process of using arithmetic to express and perform mathematical equations.
- 44. The basis of how computers communicate on a hardware level.
- 47. The base-2
- 48. Pieces of information in short term memory or at one time.
- 49. computer Also known as A pc.
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- 1. Tiny donut shaped devices each capable of storing one bit of information
- 2. The number 0 and any number obtained by repeatedly adding 1 to it
- 5. The first programmer
- 7. Linked pieces of large programs together.
- 8. The creation of the transistor started the wave of the gen of computers
- 9. A dynamic entity used to solve problems and interact with its environment
- 10. An electrical charge representing the binary digit 0
- 13. An integer or the quotient of two integers.
- 15. A system of writing to express numbers
- 18. Transforming data between different numerical processes
- 19. sequential storage devices
- 22. The collection of programs that provide the instructions that a computer carries out.
- 23. A binary digit
- 27. Used to store information for commercial computers in the first generation
- 30. A group of one or more bytes
- 31. The mathematical operation of splitting A quantity into equal parts
- 33. This generation was characterized by ICs
- 35. A method of representing quantities using symbols
- 38. An early form of a calendar or astrological calculator
- 42. Required large specially built rooms, were built using things such as vacuum tubes, a magnetic drum, magnetic tape drives
- 43. Base 16
- 45. A mental model, a way to think about something
- 46. A natural number, a negative of a natural number or zero.