Code.org Discoveries 1-8

Program

• Attributes that describe an object's characteristics
• A graphic character on the screen with properties that describe its location, movement, and look.
• An algorithm that has been coded into something that can be run by a machine.
• A placeholder for a piece of information that can change.

Parameter

• An extra piece of information that you pass to the function to customize it for a specific need.
• The common programming structure that implements "conditional statements".
• the rate at which frames in an animation are shown, typically measured in frames per second
• Pulling out specific differences to make one solution work for multiple problems.

Sprite

• A graphic character on the screen with properties that describe its location, movement, and look.
•  A placeholder for a piece of information that can change.
• Attributes that describe an object's characteristics
• An algorithm that has been coded into something that can be run by a machine.

Property

• Attributes that describe an object's characteristics
• An algorithm that has been coded into something that can be run by a machine.
• Pulling out specific differences to make one solution work for multiple problems.
• An algorithm that has been coded into something that can be run by a machine.

Animation 

• The common programming structure that implements "conditional statements".
•  a series of images that create the illusion of motion by being shown rapidly one after the other
• A graphic character on the screen with properties that describe its location, movement, and look.
• Pulling out specific differences to make one solution work for multiple problems

Variable

• An extra piece of information that you pass to the function to customize it for a specific need.
• The common programming structure that implements "conditional statements".
•  Attributes that describe an object's characteristics
•  A placeholder for a piece of information that can change.

Bug

• Part of a program that does not work correctly.
• the rate at which frames in an animation are shown, typically measured in frames per second
• An algorithm that has been coded into something that can be run by a machine.
• A graphic character on the screen with properties that describe its location, movement, and look.

Debugging

• Finding and fixing problems in your algorithm or program.
• Statements that only run under certain conditions.
• Any valid unit of code that resolves to a value.
• Part of a program that does not work correctly.

What is y value in the following code?

rect(250, 200, 75, 225);

• 250

• 200

• 75

• 225

What is height of the rectangle in the following code?

rect(250, 200, 75, 225);

• 250

• 200

• 75

• 225