Programming Unit 5 Vocab

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Function in an event listener, written by the programmer and called by the system after an event trigger.

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Callback Function

Front

An action that causes something to happen.

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Event

Front

A program that runs code blocks in response to events (e.g., mouse clicks).

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Event Driven Program

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Term for coding tasks that make a program respond to events.

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Event Handling

Front

Command to trigger a function on a UI event.

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Event Listener

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Visual elements for user control/communication in an app.

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User Interface

Front

On-screen objects like buttons, images, text boxes, and menus.

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UI Elements

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Finding and fixing problems in an algorithm or program.

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Debugging

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All values in a programming language have a type (e.g. number)

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Data Type

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Valid code unit that resolves to a value.

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Expression