8.1 Programming Overview

A visual representation of the logic in a program.

• Interpreted Language

• Runtime Engine

• Algorithm

• Flowchart

Specific, step-by-step procedures that illustrate how a problem will be solved.

• Compiled Language

• Interpreted Language

• Runtime Engine

• Algorithm

A special interpreter that translates bytecode into computer specific machine language. Bytecode is a platform independent, low-level language that is compiled from source code.

• Interpreted Language

• Runtime Engine

• Algorithm

• Assembly Language

A computer programming language, such as Python, JavaScript, and Ruby, that requires a program called an (a)   to execute the instructions written in the source code each time the application is run.

A computer programming language, such as C and C++, that uses a software tool called a compiler to translate the code into binary machine language.

• Encapsulation

• Assembly Language

• Compiled Language

• Interpreted Language

A human-readable, low-level computer language that is a symbolic representation of binary machine language.

• Assembly Language

• Container

• Compiled Language

• Function

An OOP concept that describes how data and methods are bundled together within one unit or class.

• Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)

• Encapsulation

• Data Type

• Identifier

A programming paradigm based on the concept of objects which can contain both data and programming code.

• Computer Programming

• Pseudocode

• Function

• Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)

A computer routine or snippet of code that can be reused in a computer program.

• Container

• Function

• Computer Programming

• Pseudocode

A program element, such as an array or vector, that holds a set of values.

• Data Type

• Identifier

• Container

• Function