Coding Vocabulary

Any programming language that lets users create programs by manipulating “blocks” or graphical programming elements, rather than writing code using text.

• Command

• Run Program

• Algorithm

• Block-based programming language

A process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations, especially by a computer.

• Debugging

• Event

• Algorithm

• Run Program

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

• Event

• Bug

• Bit

• Loop

The language that programmers create and use to tell a computer what to do

• Code

• Command

• Run Program

• BINARY

Statements that only run under certain conditions

• Block-based programming language

• Conditionals

• If-Statement

• Run Program

ASCII

• American Information and Standard Codes

• Standard Code for Information Interchange.

• American Standard Code for Information Interchange.

Finding and fixing problems in an algorithm or program

• Debugging

• Conditionals

• Run Programs

• Algorithms

A contraction of "Binary Digit". A bit is the single unit of information in a computer, typically represented as a 0 or 1.

• Event

• Bit

• Conditionals

• ASCII

Cause the computer to execute the commands you've written in your program

• ASCII

• Run Program

• Debugging

• Conditionals

The action of doing something over and over again

• Block-based programming language

• Loop

• Bug

• Debugging