Section 8 Vocabulary

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Computer Programming

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A way of giving computers precise, line-by-line instructions to follow using programming languages.

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Pseudocode

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A way to represent code in a manner that is easier for a wide range of people to understand.

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Assembly Language

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A human-readable, low-level computer language that is a symbolic representation of binary machine language.

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Compiled Language

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A computer programming language, such as C and C++, that uses a software tool called a compiler to translate the code into binary machine language.

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Container

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A program element, such as an array or vector, that holds a set of values.

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Function

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A computer routine or snippet of code that can be reused in a computer program.

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Looping

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The logic in a program that tells the computer to repeatedly execute a sequence of instructions until a condition is reached.

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Algorithm

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Specific, step-by-step procedures that illustrate how a problem will be solved.

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Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)

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A markup language interpreted by web browsers.

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Cascading Style Sheet (CSS)

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A file associated with a web page that describes how HTML elements are to be displayed.