Unit 3 Vocabulary 2020

Attributes that describe an object's characteristics

• Property

• Conditionals

• Parameter

• Program

Statements that only run under certain conditions

• Dot notation

• Property

• Conditionals

• Condition

An extra piece of information passed to a function to customize it for a specific need

• Condition

• Parameter

• Program

• Sprite

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

• Dot notation

• Abstraction

• Condition

• Function

A graphic character on the screen with properties that describe its location, movement, and look.

• Sprite

• Condition

• Program

• Parameter

A named bit of programming instructions

• Function

• Condition

• Variable

• Conditionals

A placeholder for a piece of information that can change

• Parameter

• Property

• Variable

• Function

In programming, an expression that evaluates to TRUE or FALSE

• Parameter

• Conditionals

• Boolean Expression

• Debugging

Part of a program that does not work correctly

• Debugging

• Bug

• Variable

• Function

The way that sprites' properties are used in Game Lab, by connecting the sprite and property with a dot

• Dot notation

• Condition

• Conditionals

• Abstraction