Programming Terms Review - Units 1 - 3

putting statements inside of other statements

A visual tool that allows programmers to develop programs more efficiently, like codeHS

an operator that describes a relationship between two things, like inequalities

one or more statements that are grouped together with curly brackets {}

Finding and fixing errors in programs.

An annotation in code that is ignored by the computer compiler

An expression that only evaluates to true or false

To embed a specific value into your code

the symbols that represent mathematical operations

'Literal' refers to an actual value, not a variable.

When upper and lowercase letters are treated as distinct/different

Combining two things together, such as two strings of text.

classification of the type of data that is stored in a particular way in the computer’s memory

The area where output appears is known as the console window.

Bare bones template for a program in which you will write your code

Controlling the order in which various sections of code are run

The sequence in which calculations should be performed that involve more than one operation

refers to capitalizing the first letter of every subsequent word in variable’s name

a program which takes the code you have written and translates it into binary ones and zeros

The use of simple Boolean logic such as and, or and not.

Data generated by a computer and sent to an output device

A statement that defines a variable with a data type

A way to store a piece of data which can then be modified at any time

An instruction for the computer; a single line of instruction ending with a semicolon

Repository of pre-written code which you can import

An error in a program that prevents the program from running as expected.

operators that simultaneously perform an operation (e.g. addition) and an assignment

a compound word which uses capital letters to delimit the word parts

The set of rules for a programming language; How you must write something

The assignment of a value to a variable

Where a programmer can legally use a variable without producing a compile-time error

refers to the way we should name things