CS16, UCSB

*** NOT FOR CREDIT ***

Questions usually included in the first homework assignment:


Read Chapter 1 in Engineering Problem
Solving with C, 3rd Edition. [If you don't have the textbook, 
you'll need to utilize the Internet to answer these questions.]


1. How do "machine languages" and "high-level languages" differ?








2. What does a compiler do?








3. What is the meaning of the term "software life cycle"?








4. What is an algorithm?








5. What is the purpose of working a problem solution manually - the textbook
   calls it the "hand example" step - even though you will write a program
   to do the same thing?