AP CSP Vocabulary

One of the three building blocks of programming. Sequencing refers to just sequential steps in a program is known as?

• Selection

• Iteration

• Sequencing

• Phishing

What is the technical term for one of the three building blocks of programming which is another way of saying loops, or while/repeat until/for loops? For example:

For each x in item:

print(x)

• Incremental

• Alternative

• Iteration

• Algorithm

How would you name any attempt (usually through email) to get your personal information, which can be used to gain unauthorized access to important accounts?

• Snooping

• Spamming

• Malware

• Phishing

Anything that has 2 choices is known as?

Examples:

Binary number system (0 & 1)

Booleans (True, False)

• Base

• Boolean

• Hexadecimal

• Binary

This type of compression allows one to uncompress and get the original item back.

Examples: ZIP/RAR/tarballs, PNG, OGG

• Lossy

• Lossless

• CODEC

• Advanced

This type of compression where data is lost in order to compress the item is known as? Uncompression to the original item is impossible.

Examples: JPG, MP3

• Lossy

• Lossless

• CODEC

• Uncompression

Google Drive, Dropbox, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Office Online/Google Docs are referred to services that normally would be confined to a computer that are now served through the Internet. The technical term for these services is:

• Computing innovation

• Could computing

• Server

• Creative commons

What is the name of a numerical address to identify users & devices on the Internet? Example: 216.3. 128.12

• Uniform Resource Locator

• Web address

• IP Address

• Internet Transmission Protocol

Files that are used to keep track of a user’s interaction with a web page are known as? This is how sites know that you are logged in after you’ve closed a tab/window.

• Spam

• Tracker

• Malware

• Cookies

Encryption that relies on a public key that is given out to everybody. A key is kept only by the receiver of the message. This is a:

• Public Key Encryption

• Private Key Encryption

• Intrusion Detection Key

• Intrusion Prevention Key