William Wang

Name: William
Likes:
interesting Television shows
animals eg. Cats and dogs
Cars
food
magazines
dislikes:
Anything that i have to pay for
anything that is tedious
rodents

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ERRORS

What is Debugging ?
Debugging is the process of locating and removing any bugs that has infected the computer software in any ways.
For each of the other following, define the  term and give example:
1. syntax error
A syntax error is an error that occurs whens an user inputs words in an order which the program does not understand.
Example:
An [...]

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Linguistic Diversity

List as many different programming languages that you can find out about. Give descriptions of 3 of them and how they are unique.
List of different programming languages ( taken from wikipedia).
Array languages 
Aspect-oriented languages ,
Assembly languages, 
Authoring languages,
Command line interface languages,
Compiled languages ,
Concurrent languages, 
Curly-bracket languages, 
Dataflowlanguage, 
Data-oriented language,
Data-structured languages,  
Declarative languages
 Esoteric languages
Extension languages
Fourth-generation languages
Functional languages
Interactive mode languages
Interpreted languages
Iterative languages
List-based languages – [...]

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Dec 7 Q4: Documentation

Dec 7 Q4: Documentation
December 6, 2007

What is intrinsic documentation?
In programming, what are comments? What is their purpose?
Write up a list of pros and cons for writing documentation for computer programs.

Intrinsic documentation is a form of denotion that is crucial for a code to work, whether it be commas, numbers, capital letters or symbols. They highlight [...]

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QUESTION 1: GUIS

1.What is a GUI?  What alternatives are there to GUIs
GUI stands for “Graphical User Interface”.  GUI is a program that lets you use images and symbols rather then just words on a computer or a computer controlled device. Another alternative to a GUI is the use of a ” textual  interface” , where instead of generating graphical [...]

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Operators-Lily

Dec 3 Q3: Data Operators
December 2, 2007 For each of the following, describe its function, give an example of one and explain how it might be used in a program.

Relational operators
Logical operators
Arithmetic operators

Relational operator: numerical qualities are one example as they link the relation between 2 entries or values. Some examples are equalities [...]

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Errors

What is debugging?
Debugging is the process which removes ‘bugs’ or defects in the code or programing of a computer program or piece of electronic hardware. Debugging’s purpose is to hopefully make the program behave as expected with no errors.

For each of the following, define the term and give an example.

Syntax error: A syntax error refers [...]

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Dec 7 Q2: Data Structures

In our computers, we use and talk about files all the time. But what is a file? Write a technical definition of a computer file.

A computer file is a named collection of information stored on a disk. Application programs and documents are examples of files. You are able to make a file when you create information (such as [...]

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Data Types

1.Definition of Data Types:
Characters: Characters are a data type which provides a visual representation on the computer of printable characters. They can letters, numbers and other symbols
Integers: This data type is used to represent whole numbers without fractional parts.
Floating point numbers: Floating point numbers are used to represent numbers in scientific notation.3 × 10-5
Strings: Strings are [...]

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Control Structures

Dec 3 Q5: Control Structures
December 2, 2007

What is the purpose of a control structure?
The Purpose of a control structure is to when a program does not follow the linear sequence of instructions, and it does things like repeat codes and take decisions, a control structure is what is used to specify the instructions that will [...]

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