Computer Science Career Vocabulary

Computer Science is...

• getting help from a large group of people to finish something faster.

• information. Often, quantities, characters, or symbols that are the inputs and outputs of computer programs.

• using the power of computers to solve problems.

A command is...

• a connection that uses light to transmit information.

• an instruction for the computer.

• a piece of code that you can easily call over and over again

An algorithm is...

• the most common fundamental unit of digital data .

• getting help from a large group of people to finish something faster.

• a list of steps to finish a task.

A function is...

• a piece of code that you can easily call over and over again.

• a group of computers and servers that are connected to each other.

• short for "picture element", the fundamental unit of a digital image, typically a tiny square or dot that contains a single point of color of a larger image.

Code is...

• statements that only run under certain conditions.

• the language that programmers create and use to tell a computer what to do.

• breaking a problem down into smaller pieces.

A loop is...

• a number assigned to any item that is connected to the Internet.

• able to be relied on as honest or truthful.

• the action of doing something over and over again.

Binary Code is...

• breaking a problem down into smaller pieces.

• a way of representing information using only two options.

• doing something on the internet, usually again and again, to make another personal feel angry, sad, or scared.

Parameters are...

• when you click your mouse button and hold as you move the mouse pointer to a new location.

• extra pieces of information passed to a function to customize it for a specific need.

• pieces of information, including quantities, characters, or symbols that are the inputs and outputs of computer programs.

A pattern is...

• an extra piece of information passed to a function to customize it for a specific need.

• a computer that exists only to provide things to others.

• finding similarities between things.

Conditionals...

• use the power of computers to solve problems

• press the mouse button.

• are statements that only run under certain conditions.