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