Unit3IntroTOpRogramming

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

• Algorithm

• Algebra

• Stylesheet

• Analysis

To repeat in order to achieve, or get closer to, a desired goal

• Organize

• Replicate

• Iterate

• Duplicate

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.

• Syntax

• Selection

• Syntax

• Sequence

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

• Selection

• Syntax

• Sequencing

• Abstraction

A simplified representation of something more complex.

• Program

• Pattern

• Algorithm

• Abstraction

A named group of programming instructions.

• Function

• Sequences

• Pattern

• Library

A problem solving approach (also known as stepwise design) in which you break down a system to gain insight into the sub-systems that make it up

• Top Up design

• Top down design

• Bottom level design

• Basic Level design

A collection of commands made available to a programmer

• API

• BBC

• Library

• ASCII

A description of the behavior of a command, function, library, API, etc

• Function

• Abstraction

• Parameter

• Documentation

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

• ASCII

• Binary

• Dual Decimal

• Hexadecimal