3GL Program Design - Introduction

Question set 1

1. In a general sense what is an instruction?

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2. In a general sense what is a machine?

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3. Give an example of a machine and how you give an instruction to that machine. This need not be a computer.

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4. List four characteristics of a computer. Can you think of any others?

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5. What is meant by the word - sequence?

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6. What is meant by executing an instruction?

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7. What is a computer program?

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8. Machine code uses the native language of computers - what does that mean?

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9. What is a data source?

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10. What is a data sink?

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11. How does data differ from information?

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