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    NewYorkCityCollegeofTechnology

    CUNY
    CST1100:

    IntroductiontoComputers

    Prof.Simmons

    Chapter01Questions

    1 Name the four areas in which the practitioner must be skilled.


    2 Define the word abstraction
    3 Define the word protocol and explain how it is used in computing.
    4 Distinguish between machine language and assembly language.
    5 Distinguish between assembly language and high-level languages.
    6 Distinguish between an assembler and a compiler.
    7 Distinguish between a systems programmer and an applications
    programmer.
    8 What was the rationale behind the development of operating systems?
    9 What constitutes systems software?
    10What do the following pieces of software do?
    a. Loader
    b. Linker
    c. Editor

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