Intro to FOCS Terminology

The physical components of the computer are called software.

• True
• False

A high-level programming language consists of English-like instructions.

• True
• False

You click this button to have the computer execute the commands you've written in your program. 

• Go
• Execute
• Start
• Run Program

An easy-to-remember address for calling a web page (like www.code.org).  Also called the web address.

• Universal Resource Locator (URL)
• Website
• Address name
• UPC Code

Every time you create an account for something, you have this.  It's also a name you make up so that you can see or do things on a website, sometimes called a “screen name.” 

• Handle
• Name plate
• Username
• Password

A list of steps to finish a task. A set of instructions that can be performed with or without a computer. 

• Algorithm
• Plan
• Binary
• Logorithm

An error in a program that prevents the program from running as expected.

• Error report
• Bug
• Mistake
• Algorithm

One or more commands or algorithm(s) designed to tell the computer what to do. 

• Instructions
• Code
• Commands
• Algorithms

 A field or job in which people use the power of computers to solve big problems. 

• Coding
• Computer Science
• Computer Applications
• Keyboarding

Finding and fixing errors in programs

• Tech support
• Decompose
• Debugging
• Fixing