Unit 1 vocab

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Across
  1. 2. a sequence of bits used to encode a character in memory.
  2. 3. development cycle The process of development, maintenance, and demise of a software system. Phases include analysis, design, coding, testing/verification, maintenance, and obsolescence.
  3. 5. a binary digit
  4. 7. The computing machine and its support devices.
  5. 8. software The programs that allow users to write and execute other programs, including operating systems such as Windows and MacOS.
  6. 9. hiding a condition in which the user of a module does not know the details of how it is implemented, and the implementer of a module doesn't know how the details of how it is used.
  7. 10. software programs that allow human users to accomplish specialized tasks, such as word processing or database management.
Down
  1. 1. programming the construction of software systems that use objects.
  2. 4. model A series of steps in which a software system trickles down from analysis to design to implementation.
  3. 6. memory an auxiliary device for memory, usually a disk or magnetic tape.
  4. 11. memory the high-speed internal memory of a computer, also referred to as random access memory (RAM)
  5. 12. a major hardware component that consists of the arithmetic/logic unit and the control unit.