Coding Vocabulary

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What is a program?

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a sequence of code that solves a problem or accomplishes a task

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What is code?

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the language programmers use and create to tell computers what to do

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What is a loop?

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a sequence of code that repeats

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What do we call one step in a program or one piece of code (e.g. move forward)?

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Command

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What is it called when a part of a program does not work correctly?

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Bug

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What is debugging?

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Finding and fixing problems in a program

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What is a Computer Programmer?

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a person that writes code that tells the computer what to do

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A Forever Loop

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a sequence of code that is set to repeat forever

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A fixed loop

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is a sequence of code that is set to repeat for a set number of times or until something else happens

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A short sequence of instructions, usually given a name, that can be reused throughout a program is called

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Function