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Fundamentals of Python - Chapter 1., Cheat Sheet of Computer Science

University of Massachusetts - AmherstComputer Science

Fundamentals of Python - Chapter 1.

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Fundamentals of Python -
Chapter 1.
computer program - ANSWERa detailed, step-by-step set of instructions
telling a computer exactly what to do
executing - ANSWERcarrying out
hardware - ANSWERthe physical machine
software - ANSWERprograms
programming - ANSWERthe process of creating software
design - ANSWERthe process of developing a system that can solve some
problem. Also the product of that process
execute - ANSWERrun a program or segment of a program
analysis - ANSWERthe process of examining algorithms and problems
mathematically
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Chapter 1.

computer program - ANSWERa detailed, step-by-step set of instructions telling a computer exactly what to do executing - ANSWERcarrying out hardware - ANSWERthe physical machine software - ANSWERprograms programming - ANSWERthe process of creating software design - ANSWERthe process of developing a system that can solve some problem. Also the product of that process execute - ANSWERrun a program or segment of a program analysis - ANSWERthe process of examining algorithms and problems mathematically

fetch-execute cycle - ANSWERthe process a computer carries out to execute a machine code program programming language - ANSWERa notation for writing computer programs. Usually used to refer to high-level languages such as Python, Java, C++, etc. syntax - ANSWERthe form of a language semantics - ANSWERthe meaning of a construct coding - ANSWERthe process of turning an algorithm into a computer program machine language - ANSWERthe low-level (binary) instructions that a given CPU can execute binary - ANSWERbase two numbering system in which the only digits are 0 and 1 compiler - ANSWERa complex computer program that takes another program written in high-level language and translates it into an equivalent program in the machine language of some computer. source code - ANSWERthe text of a program in a high-level language machine code - ANSWERa program in machine language

byte code - ANSWERAn intermediate form of a computer language. High-level languages are sometimes compiled into byte code, which is then interpreted. In Python, files with a pyc extension are byte code. assignment - ANSWERThe process of giving a value to a variable. function - ANSWERchunk of code that can be called by name to perform a task argument - ANSWERspecific data values; also known as parameters returning a value - ANSWERsending a result back to another part of a program