Vocab Quiz 7

A programming language with many commands and features designed to make common task easier to program

• High level Programming Language

• Low Level Programming Language

• Algorithm

• Pair Programming

A precise sequence of instructions for processes that can be executed by a computer

• Turtle Programming

• Algorithm

• Abstraction

• Top Down Design

A programming language that captures only the most primitive operations available to a machine

• Selection

• API

• Low Level Programming Language

• High Level Programming Language

Putting commands in correct order so computers can read the command

• Iterate

• Sequencing

• Library

• Parameter

An extra piece of information passed to a function to customize it for a specific need

• Function

• Documentation

• Algorithm

• Parameter

A named group of programming instructions. Functions are reusable abstractions that reduce the complexity of writing and maintaining programs.

• Function

• Parameter

• Algorithm

• Documentation

A problem solving approach in which you break down a system to gain insight into a sub-systems that make it up

• Turtle Programming

• High Level Programming

• Low level Programming

• Top Down design

A collection of commands/functions

• API

• Library

• Function

• Documentation

A base-16 number system that uses sixteen distinct symbols 0-9 and A-F to represent numbers from 0 to 15.

• Decimal

• Digit

• Hexadecimal

• Bit

A generic term for a type of programming statement (usually an if-statement) that uses a Boolean condition to determine, or select, whether or not to run a certain block of statements.

• Iterate

• Function

• Selection

• Abstraction