ENGINEER 1D04 Study Guide - Final Guide: Flowchart, String Literal, Computer Hardware

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Chapter 1 textbook notes: computers and programs: a computer is a machine that stores and manipulates information under the control of a changeable program, a computer program is a set of step by step instructions telling the computer what to do, software (the program) determines what the hardware (physical machine) will do, programming is the process of creating software, the fundamental question in the study of computer science is what can be computed, this is done through the process of design, analysis, and experimentation, algorithm analysis is an important part of computer science, simple hardware basics, cpu the brain of the machine where all the operations are carried out, ram (main memory): a temporary storage space; memory is lost when power is turned off, secondary memory (hard drive): more permanent storage space, every programming language has a precise form (syntax) and a precise meaning (semantics, languages such as python, c++, java, etc. are high level computer languages.