ITCS Test 1

Electrical device found in early computers. Took up a lot of space, energy and was hot

Mother of Computer Programming

The programming language understood directly by the computer

A ______ translates a programming language into machine code in one process rather than line by line

Brain of computer

The multiple-alternative selection structure that does not use an IF-THEN-ELSE clause

A program uses these so that the user does not have to memorize commands.

used to summarize the actions of the logical operators

some programming languages allow variables to be of BOOLEAN type, meaning they can only hold a value of TRUE or FALSE

a selection structure that fits together with one or more blocks of statements.

the >= is one. (ex. == <= !=)

Single-Alternative selection structure always contains an _______