PLTW Act 1.1.1-1.1.4 Vocab

An action or occurrence that happens during runtime that will trigger a response or behavior by the software.

• Iterations

• Events

• Output

• Features

Information or signals produced or delivered by a computer system

• Output

• Events

• Feature

A function of an application or user interface

• Output

• Feature

• Procedue

• Input

A control block that looks for inputs or events to know when to perform a specific action

• Events

• Event Handler

• Interations

• Procedure

Information or signals entered into a computer system

• Events

• Feature

• Output

• Input

A sequence of actions or instructions to follow in solving a problem or accomplishing a task

• Procedure

• Feature

• Iterations

• Debugging

Should be used when making adjustments that the user will see

• Component

• Blocks view

• Debugging

• Designer view

A process of repeating a set of instructions a specified number of times or until a condition is met

• Iterations

• Events

• Debuggin

• Procedure

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

• Component

• Procedure

• Debugging

• Iterations

A tidy package of functionality for an input or output

• Procedure

• Blocks view

• Component

• Debugging