Coding Vocabulary: Hardin

Algorithm

• a way to provide more information to a function

• instructions to a computer source

• a set of instructions that are followed to solve a problem

• a computer's way to represent information

Variable

• A controlling point in a program

• a placeholder for math problems in a program

• a controlling point for math problems in a program

• A placeholder for a piece of information that can change

DEBUG

• Finding and fixing problems in an algorithm or program

• Finding problems in an algorithm or program

• removing bugs from a program

• Using the power of computers to solve problems.

Conditional Statement

• instruction for the computer

• Statements that only run under certain parameters

• symbols that are the inputs and outputs of computer programs

• Break a problem down into smaller pieces.

PYTHON

• A programming language used in robotics

• A Programming language that is used for object oriented programming

• a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted object-oriented programming language

• all of the answers

Boolean

• a type of data with two possible values: true and false,

• a type of data with two possible values, positive or negative

• a type of data collection for computers

• collects data from computers

Binary Code

• Coding System using x's and y's to represent characters in a computer

• a computer programming language

• coding system using the binary digits 0 and 1 to represent characters in a computer

• Not associated with computer coding

Endless Loop

• a sequence of instructions in a computer program which loops forever

• does not have a beginning or an ending

• a computer programming language

• collects data from computers

Function

• Collects data from computers

• contains a unit of code that works on various inputs, many of which are variables

• Does not have a beginning or ending

• A programming language used in robotics

Parameter

• programming language

• Coding System using x's and y's to represent characters in a computer

• a set of instructions that are followed to solve a problem

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