Unit 3 Vocabulary

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

• debugging

• if-statement

• abstraction

• function

a simplified representation of something more complex. Abstractions allow you to hide details to help you manage complexity, focus on relevant concepts, and reason about problems at a higher level.

• user interface

• abstraction

• feature

• prototype

The common programming structure that implements "conditional statements".

• if-statement

• binary

• decrypt

• encrypt

Finding and fixing problems in an algorithm or program.

• proofing

• spell check

• debugging

• critique

Statements that only run under certain conditions.

• expressions

• binaries

• temporaries

• conditionals

in programming, an expression that evaluates to True or False.

• array

• boolean expression

• algebraic expression

• parameters

Any valid unit of code that resolves to a value.

• analog

• circuit

• expression

• pixel

A single value of either TRUE or FALSE

• binary

• bit

• critique

• boolean

A placeholder for a piece of information that can change.

• variable

• analog

• prototype

• array

the rate at which frames in an animation are shown, typically measured in frames per second

• pixel

• frame

• frame rate

• framer