CS Unit 1 & 2 - Important Vocabulary

Front

A publication of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics that provides information about the key characteristics of various occupations, such as job duties, work environment, wages, number of jobs, job outlook, and the education and training that jobseekers need is called ________.

Back

Occupational Outlook Handbook

Front

A systematic way of thinking through a problem in order to work towards a solution both humans and computers can understand is called ________.

Back

Computational Thinking

Front

Breaking a complex problem into parts so that it is easier to understand is called ________.

Back

Decomposition

Front

The process of filtering out information that is not needed and concentrating on information that is needed is called ________.

Back

Abstraction

Front

A process for solving the problem is called an ________.

Back

Algorithm

Front

Names that hold one or more values are called ________.

Back

Variables

Front

A data type that represents numbers without a decimal is called ________.

Back

Integers

Front

A data type that represents numbers with a decimal is called ________.

Back

Floats

Front

A data type that represents True or False is called ________.

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Boolean

Front

An informal language that helps programmers develop algorithms is called ________.

Back

Pseudocode