Creative Coding Vocab

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Code segments that change objects or tell objects what to do

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Functions

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Building blocks of a program: pictures, sounds, sprites, game boards, etc.

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Objects

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Extra details needed for tasks

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Parameters

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Using chance methods that yield different game outcomes

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Randomization

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Creating a plan

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Storyboarding

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Containers holding data/input in a problem

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Variable

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Something that occurs outside program execution causing a response.

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Event

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Images in games that can be moved and changed.

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Sprite

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NOT a function:

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var Sprite1

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Repeatable process for solving a problem

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Algorithm