Programming Terms

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Define problem solving.

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Ability to formulate problems, think creatively, and express a solution clearly and accurately.

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Software is:

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programs and other operating information used by a computer.

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Psuedocode is defined as

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shorthand notation for programming which uses a combinatino of informal programming structures and verbal descriptions of code.

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Programming languages are

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languages that have been designed to express computations.

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A compiler

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reads the program and translates it before the program starts running.

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Syntax errors

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occur when the programmer does not follow the rules of the language

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Semantic errors

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will not generate any error messages but will not dot eh right thing.

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An interpreter

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converts a program written in a higher level language line by line into a lower level language and executes it.

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Efficiency is 

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the ability to bring about a desired result with the least amount of time, energy, or material.

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While loop is

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a control flow statement that allows code to be executed repeatedly.