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PT1420 – Week 1 Assignments - Homework and Labs

Unit 1 Assignment 1: Homework
True or False
1. Today, CPUs are huge devices made of electrical and mechanical components such as vacuum tubes and switches.

False

2. Main memory is also known as RAM.

True

3. Any piece of data that is stored in a computer’s memory must be stored as a binary number.

True

4. Images, like the ones you make with your digital camera, cannot be stored as binary numbers.

False

5. Machine language is the only language that a CPU understands.

True

6. Assembly language is considered a high-level language.

False

7. An interpreter is a program that both translates and executes the instructions in a high-level language program.

True

8. A syntax error does not prevent a program from being compiled and executed.

True

9. Windows Vista, Linux, UNIX®, and Mac OS X are all examples of application software.

False

10. Word processing programs, spreadsheet programs, email programs, Web browsers, and games are all examples of utility programs.

False

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Unit 1 Labs

1.) Send an e-mail to rohleder01@gmail.com that contains the following information:

Your: Schmidt, Patrick. M
Class: EN1420
Phone number you can best be reached at: 402-415-4123

2.) Complete Lab 1.1: GUI vs. Console Programming from the lab manual.

Answer the questions given in Step 3 of the lab activity.

Paste your answers here

1.)What similarities do you see between the two programs ?
Both programs add numbers
2.)What differences do you see in the programs?
One uses a decimal place and also one is command prompt the other is gui interface.
3.)What input devices are used in the gui and console program
The command prompt is just using the keyboard where as the gui program can use the keyboard and or mouse of your choice.
4.)What

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