Subject |
Date Published |
Contributer |
Language |
Total Questions |
File Name |
Computing |
14th February 2009 |
Warren Mason |
USA |
114 |
wbe14.zip |
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Nemo James - Singer Songwriter
Abstract step |
A step for which some implementation details remain unspecified |
Algorithm |
A step-by-step procedure for solving a problem in a finite amount of time |
Anonymous type |
A type that does not have an associated type identifier |
Argument list |
The values that appear between parentheses in a function call |
Arithmetic/Logical unit (ALU) |
The component of the central processing unit that performs arithmetic and logical operations |
Assembler |
A program that translates an assembly language program into machine code |
Assembly Language |
A low-level programming language in which an mnemonic is used to represent each of the instructions for a particular computer |
Assignment statement |
A statement that stores the value of an expression into a variable |
Automatic variable |
A variable for which memory is allocated and de-allocated when control enters and exits the block in which it is declared |
Auxiliary storage device |
A device that stores data in encoded form outside the computer's main memory |
Base address |
The memory address of the first element of an array |
Binary operator |
An operator with two operands |
Central processing unit (CPU) |
The part of the computer that executes the instructions stored in memory; made up of the arithmetic/logic unit and the control unit |
Communication complexity |
A measure of the quantity of data passing through a module's interface |
Compiler |
A program that translates a high-level language into machine code |