Unit 3 Gaming Vocab

Front

Part of a program that does not work correctly.

Back

Bug

Front

Finding and fixing problems in an algorithm or program.

Back

Debugging

Front

An algorithm coded to run on a machine.

Back

Program

Front

Extra info passed to a function for customization

Back

Parameter

Front

A placeholder for information that can change.

Back

Variable

Front

Attributes describing an object's characteristics

Back

Property

Front

Graphic character on screen with properties for location, movement, and appearance.

Back

Sprite

Front

A series of images creating the illusion of motion shown rapidly.

Back

Animation

Front

sprite.scale

Back

Shrink or grow a sprite while maintaining the height to width ratio.

Front

function draw() {} Also known as 'Loop'

Back

The lines of code in this block are continuously executed until the program stops.