Starting Out with Python - Tony Gaddis (Chapter 1)
program - A(n) ________ is a set of instructions that a computer follows to
perform a task.
hardware - The term ________ refers to all the physical devices that make
up a computer.
central processing unit, CPU - The ________ is the part of the computer that
actually runs programs and is the most important component in a
computer.
magnetically - A disk drive stores data by ________ encoding it onto a
circular disk.
Microprocessors - ________ are small central processing unit chips.
Secondary storage - ________ is a type of memory that can hold data for
long periods of time, even when there is no power to the computer.
random-access memory, RAM - Main memory is commonly known as
________.
flash - USB drives store data using ________ memory.
interpreter - The Python ________ is a program that can read Python
programming statements and execute them.
script - In ________ mode, the interpreter reads the contents of a file that
contains Python statements and executes each statement.
