CSC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Top-Down And Bottom-Up Design, Text Editor, Modular Programming

• School: Wayne State University
• Department: Computer Science
• Course: CSC 1100
• Professor: Daniel Ouellette

Document Summary

Explore the hardware and software components of a computer system. Learn about the language of a computer. Learn about the evolution of programming languages. Examine high-level programming languages: objectives (cont"d. ) Discover what a compiler is and what it does. Explore how a c++ program is processed. Learn what an algorithm is and explore problem-solving techniques. Become aware of structured design and object-oriented design programming methodologies. Become aware of standard c++, ansi/iso standard c++, and c++11. Introduction: without software, the computer is useless. C++ suited for a wide variety of programming tasks. A brief overview of the history of computers. A brief overview of the history of computers (cont"d. ) All programs must be loaded into main memory before they can be executed. All data must be brought into main memory before it can be manipulated: when computer power is turned off, everything in main memory is lost.