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A well-ordered collection of unambiguous and effectively computable operations that, when executed, produces a result and halts in a finite amount of time |
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An ordered sequence of instructions that is guaranteed to solve a problem |
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A machine designed by Charles Babbage in the 1830s; many consider it to be the first computer, although he never completed it |
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The study of algorithms, including their mathematical properties, their hardware and linguistic realizations, and their applications |
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The entity that executes the steps of an algorithm |
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Algorithmic operations that ask a question and select the next step based on the answer to that question |
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| 6) conditional operations |
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An operation for which a procedure exists to actually carry it out |
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| 7) effectively computable |
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The first fully electronic general-purpose programmable computer, completed in 1946; it contained 18,000 vacuum tubes and nearly filled a building |
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A programming language that uses both natural language constructs and mathematical notation |
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| 9) high-level programming language |
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The repetitive execution of a block of operations that will never end; this is a fatal error when it occurs in an algorithm |
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Algorithmic operations that repeat a block of instructions |
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People who fear and are opposed to the use of new technologies |
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Desktop computer that uses integrated circuit technology, developed in the mid-1970s; smaller than a minicomputer |
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Term for a computer that is smaller and less costly than a mainframe system; developed in the mid-1960s |
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An unambiguous operation of the computing agent |
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Algorithmic structure that carries out a single task and then moves on to the next operation in sequence |
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A model of computation in which the instructions to be executed are represented as binary strings and stored in the memory of the computer |
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| 17) stored program computer |
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An operation is unambiguous if it can be understood by the computing agent without having to be further defined or simplified |
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| 18) unambiguous operation |
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The computer system as perceived by the user as opposed to the hardware that actually exists; the set of services and resources created by the software and seen by the user |
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The computational model designed by John Von Neumann and first implemented in the EDSAC computer of 1947; the structure and organization of virtually all modern computers |
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