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Describe what is meant by a modular design and state on advantage of a modular design.

A program which is dividied into self-contained modules which can be further subdivided into smaller modules. They can be written and tested individually. Advantages are: Can be reused in other programs. Can...
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What is an ALU?

The ALU, or Arithmetic Logic Unit, is a section of the CPU (Central Processing Unit) dedicated to working with Arithmetic and Logic... It can process a variety of mini-tasks (operations) and is used in conju...
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What are the different development methodologies and what are their advantages and disadvantages?

Though there are others, the two main development methodologies (i.e approaches to developing software systems) are the "Waterfall" and "Agile" approaches. With the Waterfall approach, th...
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In a computer program, a parameter may be passed to a procedure by value. Explain how this method works.

Parameters are variables sent to procedures so that the procedures are able to use them. There are two main ways of passing parameters, one of which is by value: Passing a parameter by value is where a copy ...
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Explain the difference between lossless and lossy data compression techniques.

as the name implies , a lossless compression technique is designed so that the original file exactly as it was . maximum comparisson possible is about 50% . lossless algorithms use some sort of replacing tec...
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