CIS 1500 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Undeclared, Natural Logarithm, Camel Case
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Software: a program designed for the user in order to derive information from data. Software limitations: software is only limited by human ambition and expectation. We"ll always find new algorithms, new applications, and new users. Humans examine images using high-level semantic content and can multitask well, computers use low- level information and perform tasks precisely and identically every time. It is a problem solving activity that has a life cycle. The process of analyzing a problem and creating a solution in the form of a program. Program: a series of characters which when put in the right place will produce the result you want. Set of instructions that is executed to perform some task. An algorithm is just a well-outlined method for completing a task. However, it does express the ideas of a program, and is called pseudo- code. Analyzing the problem involves identifying the problem inputs and outputs (i/o), and any additional requirements or constraints upon the solution.