Programming Basics

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What was developed to abstract away many of the low-level details of machine code?

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programming languages

Front

Just like spoken languages, programming languages have individual complete thoughts called ___

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statements

Front

The set of rules that govern the structure and composition of statements in a language is called ___

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syntax

Front

The statement “a = 5” is what kind of programming language statement?

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assignment statement

Front

What is the best practice for naming variables?

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as things that make sense

Front

In the computer game, who swatted the bugs trying to get into the Harvard Mark 1?

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Grace Hopper

Front

Setting the beginning value of a certain variable is known as ___

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"initializing" the variable

Front

What is the most common kind of Control Flow Statement?

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IF statements

Front

Which type of statement is like a fork in the road?

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IF statement

Front

An IF statement depends on whether an expression is true or false, so it is deemed a ___

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Conditional Statement