APCSP vocabulary

a process of encoding messages to keep them secret, so only "authorized" parties can read it.

• sampling

• correlation

• encryption

• decryption

used to return the flow of control to the point where the procedure (also known as a function) was called and to return the value of expression.

• phishing

• return

• parameter

• comment

data that does not accurately reflect the full population or phenomenon being studied

• algorithm

• data bias

• encryption

• parameter

a model in which programs run in order, one command at a time.

• distributed computing

• parallel computing

• sequential computing

• assignment operator

a system of linked pages, programs, and files.

• encryption

• world wide web

• infinite loop

• parallel computing

Data that changes discretely through a finite set of possible values

• digital data

• decision problem

• expression

• digital divide

a search algorithm that starts at the middle of a sorted set of numbers and removes half of the data; this process repeats until the desired value is found or all elements have been eliminated.

• user interface

• binary search

• data abstraction

• cleaning data

a repetitive portion of an algorithm which repeats a specified number of times or until a given condition is met.

• iteration

• heuristic

• bandwidth

• internet

The unique number assigned to each device on the Internet.

• IP address

• redundancy

• algorithm

• traversal

a problem with a yes/no answer (e.g., is there a path from A to B?)

• infinite loop

• sequential computing

• decision problem

• overflow error