Programming Basics

In programming, what punctuation is used to identify what you are testing?  Ex: temperature >40

In programming, what punctuation is used to identify procedures/groups of related statements?

Decision Structure:  Statements execute only if expression is true

In programming, statements are followed by a . . .

Every programming language uses specific words that have specific meaning/purpose.  Ex:  then

Group of programming statements to perform a specific task { }

Parts of a program not executed and used to assist the reader of the program.

Decision Structure:  Decision structure nested inside the If decision structure

Taking an algorithm flow chart and writing out in directions, is referred to as a . . .

Set of rules that must be strictly followed for programming languages.

Perform various operations.  Example:  + - / arithmetic operations

Set of well defined and sequentially ordered steps to perform a task or solve a problem.

Decision Structure: Statements execute if true / a different set of statements execute if false

Decision Structure:  Performs test one after another until one is found true & executes it

Storage location in memory represented by a name/label such as Tax = .06

Set of individual instructions that you write in a program.  Ex:  go to movie;