PLTW CSP EOC Review

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Maintains a running total.

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Accumulator Variable

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Stores a list of values built up over time and remembers separate individual values.

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Aggregator Variable

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A method of software development that emphasizes frequent client input to produce better end products.

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Agile Design

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A step-by-step procedure, like a recipe, but often involving decisions.

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Algorithm

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Evaluates to either true or false; used in the conditional of an if-structure.

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Boolean Expression

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The part of the computer that executes one instruction at a time.

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Central Processing Unit (CPU, or core)

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The Boolean expression in an if-structure that is evaluated to determine which branch of code to execute.

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Conditional

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The process of figuring out why code doesn’t behave as expected and eliminating bugs to make it work as desired.

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Debugging

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Keeping details (like data and procedures) together in one part of a program so that programmers working on other parts of the program don’t need to know about them.

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Encapsulation

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A “trigger” from the user or from a program that causes a specific part of the program to execute.

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Event