Unit 10 | Block-Based Programming Vocabulary

An algorithm that has been coded into something that can be run by a machine

• Parameter

• Variable

• Boolean Expression

• Program

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

• Conditional

• Parameter

• Variable

• Abstraction

A label for a piece of information used in a program

• Parameter

• Variable

• Property

• Condition

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

• Boolean Expression

• Loop

• Function

• Dot Notation

A label for a characteristic of a sprite, such as its location and appearance

• Function

• Animation

• Property

• Loop

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

• Program

• Dot Notation

• Frame

• Sprite

In programming, an expression that evaluates to True or False

• Abstraction

• Boolean Expression

• Conditional

• Function

Something a program checks to see whether it is true before deciding to take an action

• Condition

• Loop

• Abstraction

• Function

Statements that only run when certain conditions are true

• Frame Rates

• Functions

• Abstractions

• Conditionals

A programming construct that repeats a group of commands

• Loop

• Abstraction

• Animation

• If-Statement