Thinking Ahead

A system which is easy for somebody to use is said to be..

• Efficient

• Intuitive

• Extrapolated

• Inclusive

Requirements which must be met before a program can be executed

(a)  

Values passed into a subroutine to be used in processing

(a)  

Thinking ahead allows developers to consider _____ that may arise when the software is used.

• Problems

• Outputs

• Inputs

You must be able to identify the _____ that would be required to form a program given a scenario.

• inputs and outputs

• programming language

• available budget

• alternative solutions

Data _____ refers to how data is collected before input to a computer program.

• Collection

• Harvesting

• Capture

• Kidnap

A reusable block of code that sits outside the main program but can be called at any time.

(a)  

A common process in the storage of web pages. It enables content to be loaded for the user without delay.

• Caching

• Fetching

• Pre-loading

In prefetching, an (a)   is used to predict which instructions are likely to soon be fetched.

Commonly used functions are often packaged into (a)   for reuse.