Code.org Vocab

Using the powers of computers to solve problems.

• computer science

• computational thinking

• for loop

• command

A process that generalizes a solution to open ended problems.

• computational thinking

• computer science

• program

• code

Trying again and again, even when something is very hard.

• persistence

• algorithm

• computational thinking

• loop

A way of representing information using only two options. They way computers store information.

• binary

• code

• sequencing

• while loop

A visual programming language that lets users program by connecting digital blocks.

• blockly

• bug

• pattern matching

• code

A list of steps used to finish a task.

• algorithm

• program

• bug

• pattern matching

One or more commands or algorithms designed to be carried out by a computer.

• code

• program

• for loop

• function

An algorithm that has been coded into something that can run by a machine.

• program

• code

• debugging

• nested loop

An instruction for the computer. Many of these together make up a program.

• command

• program

• function

• variable

Putting commands in correct order so computers can read the commands.

• sequencing

• pattern matching

• function

• variable