| 1.3 | Categorize each of the following items as either hardware or software:
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| 1.4 | Translator programs, such as assemblers and compilers, convert programs from one language (referred to as the source language) to another language (referred to as the target language). Determine which of the following statements are true and which are false:
An assembler translates source-language programs into machine-language programs. High-level languages are generally machine dependent. A machine-language program requires translation before it can be run on a computer. The C# compiler translates high-level-language programs into SMIL.
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| 1.5 | Expand each of the following acronyms:
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| 1.6 | What are the key benefits of the .NET Framework and the CLR? What are the drawbacks? |
| 1.7 | What are the advantages to using object-oriented techniques? |
| 1.8 | You are probably wearing on your wrist one of the world’s most common types of objects—a watch. Discuss how each of the following terms and concepts applies to the notion of a watch: object, attributes and behaviors. |
| 1.9 | What was the key reason that Visual Basic was developed as a special version of the BASIC programming language? |
| 1.10 | What is the key accomplishment of the UML? |
| 1.11 | What did the chief benefit of the early Internet prove to be? |
| 1.12 | What is the key capability of the web? |
| 1.13 | What is the key vision of Microsoft’s .NET initiative? |
| 1.14 | How does the .NET Framework Class Library facilitate the development of .NET applications? |
| 1.15 | What is the key advantage of standardizing .NET’s CLI (Common Language Infrastructure)? |
| 1.16 | Besides the obvious benefits of reuse made possible by OOP, what do many organizations report as another key benefit of OOP? |
| 1.17 | Why is XML so crucial to the development of future software systems? |
