Chapter 1

When a program runs on a computer, the part of the computer that carries out the instructions is called the

CPU

TRUE OR FALSE Machine languages can be used to write programs that can run on any machine.

False

Which of these is not a programming language? A. C B. C** C.Java D. HTML

HTML

What best defines a "programming language"?

It allows us to express an algorithm.

TRUE OR FALSE Machine language consists of zeros and ones.

TRUE

A bit

a binary digit, like 0 or 1.

A byte in memory is identified by a unique number called its

address.

At each step of its operation, the input to a Central Processing Unit is

an instruction

In modern computer systems, a byte consists of how many bits?

eight

A binary digit

is zero or one

Which of the following is NOT a Java reserved word? A. main B. int C. void D. public

main

Monitors, printers, status lights are all examples of what kind of device?

output

The code that a programmer writes is called

source code

When a program runs on a computer, it is stored in

the RAM