CHAPTER 1INTRODUCTION1st Semester 1433-1434 H

King Saud University College Of Applied Studies and Community Services CSC 1101Computer Programming-1Done By: Asmal AlosaimiEdited By: Noor Alhareqi

What Is a Computer?

Computer Executes statements (computations/logical

decisions) Hardware :Physical devices of computer system Software: Programs that run on computers

Control Unit

Arithmetic/Logic Unit

Memory Unit

Input device Output Device

Central Processing Unit

My ProgamMy data

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Computer Organization

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Six logical units of computer system Input unit

Mouse, keyboard Output unit

Printer, monitor, audio speakers Memory unit

Retains input and processed information Arithmetic and logic unit (ALU)

Performs calculations Control unit

Supervises operation of other devices Secondary storage unit

Hard drives, floppy drives

What a computer program is?

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For a computer to be able to perform specific tasks (i.e. print what grade a student got on an exam), it must be given instructions to do the task.

The set of instructions that tells the computer to perform specific tasks is known as a computer program

Machine Languages, Assembly Languages and High-Level Languages

Machine language “Natural language” of computer component Machine dependent

Assembly language English-like abbreviations represent computer

operations Translator programs (Assemblers) convert to machine

language High-level language

Allows for writing more “English-like” instructions Contains commonly used mathematical operations

Compiler convert to machine language

An Overview Of Computer Languages

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1-Machine language

2-Assembly language

3-High-level language

representation

Collection of binary numbers

Symbolic form of machine language (I.e. symbolic names are used to represent operations, registers & memory locations)

combines algebraic expressions with symbols taken from English language(ex. C, Pascal, FORTRAN, …etc)

examples 10100001 00000000 0000000000000101 00000100 0000000010100011 00000000 00000000

MOV AX,AMOV A , AXADD AX,

A=A+4 *c

how does the computer understand ?

Directly understood by a computer

Assembler convert to machine language

Compiler or (interpter )convert to machine language

Easier to use

More powerful

Levels of Program Development

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1. Define the problem. Human thought

2. Plan the problem solution. writing the algorithm [pseudo-natural language (English, Arabic)]

3. Code the program. High Level Programming Language (C, C++, Java, …)

4. Compile the program. Machine Code

5. Run the program.6. Test and debug the program.

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1-Defining the Problem

The problem must be defined in terms of: Input: Data to be processed. Output: The expected result.

Look for nouns in the problem statement that suggest output and input.

and processing: The statements to achieve. Look for verbs to suggest processing steps.

Keyboard ScreenProcessing

input data output data

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Input and Output

Inputs Can come from many sources, such as

users, files, and other programs Can take on many forms, such as text,

graphics, and sound

Outputs Can also take on many forms, such as

numbers, text, graphics, sounds, or commands to other programs

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Example 1Area and Perimeter of a rectangle

Input Length width

Processing Area = length*width Perimeter = 2*( length + width)

Output Area Perimeter

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Example 2Sum and Average of 5 numbers

Input five number X1, X2, X3, X4, X5

Processing Sum = X1+X2+X3+X4+X5 Average = Sum/5

Output Sum Average

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Example 3Area and Perimeter of a circle

Input Radius PI

Processing Area = PI * Radius * Radius Perimeter = 2 * PI * Radius

Output Area Perimeter

2-Planning the Solution

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When planning, algorithms are used to outline the solution steps using English like statements, called pseudocode.

• A flowchart is useful for the graphical representation of an algorithm.• They are drawn using rectangles, diamonds,

ovals, and small circles.

Write a Program to Print the Sum of two integer Numbers

1. Start the program2. Read the first number and

save in the variable ( N1 )3. Read the second number

and save in the variable ( N2 )

4. Sum the both numbers and save the result in the variable ( Sum ) Sum = N1 + N2

5. Print the variable ( Sum ) 6. End the program

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start

Read N1

Read N2

Sum = N1 + N2

Print Sum

End

3-Coding the Program

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Coding is writing the program in a formal language called Programming Language.

Programming Language : A set of rules, symbols and special words used to write statements.

The program is written by translating the algorithm steps into a programming language statements.

The written program is called Source code and it is saved in a file with “.cpp” extension.

Program

Coding

Algorithm Pseudocode

Source Code(The “.cpp”)

Translating

Why Coding in Programming Languages

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We write computer programs (i.e. a set of instructions) in programming languages such as C, C++, and Java.

We use these programming languages because they are easily understood by humans

But then how does the computer understand the instructions that we write?

4-Compiling Computer Programs

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Computers do not understand programs written in programming languages such as C, C++ and Java

Programs must first be converted into machine code that the computer can run

A Software that translates a programming language statements into machine code is called a compiler

Machine code

Program Source code

Machine Code

TranslatingCompiling

Programming Language Compiler

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A compiler is a software that: Checks the correctness of the source

code according to the language rules. Syntax errors are raised if some rules were

violated. Translates the source code into a

machine code if no errors were found.

5-Running The Program

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Before running.. links the object code with the code for the missing

functions to produce an executable image (with no missing pieces) , this is called link phase .

If the program compiles and links correctly, a file called a.out is produced.

Before a program can be executed, the program must first be placed in memory this called load phase .

the computer, under the control of its CPU, executes the program one instruction at a time

6-Testing and Debugging the Program

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Testing Be sure that the output of the program conforms

with the input. There are two types of errors:

Logical Errors: The program run but provides wrong output.

Runtime errors: The program stop running suddenly when asking the OS executing a non accepted statement (divide by zero, etc).

Debugging Find, Understand and correct the error

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Basics of a Typical C++ Environment

Phases of C++ Programs:1. Edit2. Preprocess3. Compile4. Link5. Load6. Execute

Loader

PrimaryMemory

Program is created inthe editor and storedon disk.

Preprocessor programprocesses the code.

Loader puts programin memory.

CPU takes eachinstruction andexecutes it, possiblystoring new datavalues as the programexecutes.

CompilerCompiler createsobject code and storesit on disk.

Linker links the objectcode with the libraries,creates a.out andstores it on disk

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Linker

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