APCSP Unit 2 Vocabulary Review

A programmer hides all but the relevant data about an object in order to

reduce complexity and increase efficiency

• Abstraction

• Debugging

• Path

• Protocol

A set of rules

• Abstraction

• Debugging

• Path

• Protocol

The routine process of locating and removing computer program bugs, errors or abnormalities

• Abstraction

• Debugging

• Path

• Protocol

 The series of connections between computing devices on a network starting with a sender and ending with a receiver.

• Abstraction

• Debugging

• Path

• Protocol

A process wherein a set of instructions or structures are repeated in a sequence a specified number of times or until a condition is met

• Redundant

• Scalability

• Iteration

• Parameters

 There are multiple pathways among the physical connections of the Internet to create redundancy. Even if one pathway is unavailable, there is still another way to transmit a message from sender to receiver (as shown right).

• Redundant

• Scalability

• Iteration

• Parameters

A formal argument, is a special kind of variable, used in a subroutine to refer to one of the pieces of data provided as input to the subroutine

• Redundant

• Scalability

• Iteration

• Parameters

Transfer Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, a suite of communication protocols used to interconnect network devices on the internet

• HTTP

• IP Address

• TCP/IP

• URL

 Hypertext transfer protocol, the underlying protocol used by the World Wide Web and this protocol defines how messages are formatted and transmitted, and what actions Web servers and browsers should take in response to various commands

• HTTP

• IP Address

• TCP/IP

• URL

  Internet Protocol Address, a numerical label assigned to each device connected to a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication. ... Internet Protocol; example www.google.com

• HTTP

• IP Address

• TCP/IP

• URL