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A programmer typically starts by writing high-level language statements in a text editor.

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In the 1930s, the mathematician Blaise Pascal explored the theoretical foundations and limits of algorithms and computation.

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Informally, a computing agent is like a recipe.

An algorithm solves a general class of problems.

Moore's Law states that the processing speed and storage capacity of hardware will increase and its cost will decrease by approximately a factor of 3 every 18 months.

The first electronic digital computers, sometimes called mainframe computers, consisted of vacuum tubes, wires, and plugs, and filled entire rooms.

How is data stored within a computer's memory?

Who is credited as having created the World Wide Web in 1992?

An important part of any operating system is its file system, which allows human users to organize their data and programs in permanent storage.

An algorithm describes a process that ends with a solution to a problem.

A program stored in computer memory must be represented in binary digits, which is also known as ASCII code.

What would be the output if you were to print the variable named value as declared by this statement: value = "2" + "2"?

By the mid 1980s, the ARPANET had grown into what we now call the Internet, connecting computers owned by large institutions, small organizations, and individuals all over the world.

What language, created by Tim Berners-Lee, allows browsers to structure the information to be displayed on Web pages?

What program is used by a programmer to convert high-level code into executable code?

In a computer, what component is known as the "processor"?

The algorithms that describe information processing can also be represented as information.

In Python, the programmer can force the output of a value by using the cout statement.

The part of a computer that is responsible for processing data is the central processing unit (CPU).

What was the first PC-based operating system called?