Hardware and Software Concepts CPA BEC

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Provides a standard representation for English characters, with each letter assigned a number from 0 to 127. These codes enable data to be exchanged from one computer to another

A programming language in which each machine language instruction is represented by mnemonic characters

A computer system that functions as a centralized info source and message switching system for a particular interest group.

The hardware that contains the circuits that control the interpretation and execution of instructions and that serves as the principal data processing device

Any one of a series of points during a long processing run at which an exact copy of all data values and status indicators of a program are captures, also backs up data.

A computer program that converts a source program into an object program.

A manufacturing approach in which much of the manufacturing process is performed and monitored by computerized equipment.

A system that permits the computers in a distributed proceiing network to share the use of another end user's application program.

A temporary storage area, usually in RAM, that holds data before or after being processed by the microprocessor.

A complex software package that permits users to access info from the database. Does no actually run application programs.

A table that indicates the alternative logic conditions and actions to be taken in a program.