edhesive Unit 1 Vocabulary

Data and information in the real world.

• analog
• binary
• digital
• program
• escape characters

A number system based on two.

• binary
• analog
• digital
• program
• CPU

Notes in computer code for the programmer - the computer ignores them. Marked in Python with a #.

• comment
• secondary memory
• main memory
• software
• escape characters

Translates code to machine language.

• compiler
• comment
• variable
• main memory
• program

An electronic device consisting of hardware and software.

• computer
• comment
• output
• compiler
• hardware

Using technology to solve human problems.

• Computer Science
• compiler
• main memory
• computer
• program

Central Processing Unit - carries out program instructions.

• CPU
• output
• program
• software
• hardware

A number system based on ten, the number system we normally use.

• decimal
• binary
• analog
• digital
• software

Numeric data stored in a computing device.

• digital
• analog
• binary
• decimal
• escape characters

Special characters marked with the \

• escape characters
• binary
• analog
• int
• variable