Computers for Innovators and Makers

Building interactive physical systems using software and hardware that can sense and respond to the analog world.

• Computer Science

• Processor

• Micro-controller

• Physical Computing

A small image used to express an idea or emotion in digital communication.

• Light-Emitting Diode LED

• Emoji

• Conditional Statement

• Compiler

The science of creating artifacts and solving problems using the help of a computer. Some of the areas of focus include software engineering, programming, data analysis, algorithms, graphics, and animation.

• Program

• Computer Scientist

• Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)

• Computer Science

Something unexpected that happens while a program is running.

• Anomaly

• Code Trace

• Bug

• Decompose

A set of instructions that a computer executes to achieve a particular objective.

• Micro controller

• Output

• Execute

• Program

A method to analyze and record information about a program's execution.

• Emulator

• Conditional Statement

• Code Trace

• Flowchart

Information or signals produced or delivered by a computer system.

• Input

• Iteration

• Compiler

• Output

To identify bugs or errors in computer hardware or programs and fix them.

• Decompose

• Debug

• Conditional Statement

• Interference

An introductory programming method. Unlike traditional, text-based programming, block-based coding is a drag-and-drop programming environment where code blocks snap together to form a program.

• Physical Computing

• Program

• Block-Based Programming

• Processor

A standard, short-range wireless connection for electronic devices.

• Microcontroller

• Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) antenna

• Algorithmic thinking

• Bluetooth Technology