Coding Vocabulary 1.1

statement

• • A single line of code that performs an action

• • Information a program gives to the user, such as text

• • A group of letters, symbols and/or numbers inside double quotation marks " " 

• The exact spelling, symbols, and order of code

output

• • A single line of code that performs an action

• • Information a program gives to the user, such as text

• • A group of letters, symbols and/or numbers inside double quotation marks " " 

• The exact spelling, symbols, and order of code

string

• • A single line of code that performs an action

• • Information a program gives to the user, such as text

• • A group of letters, symbols and/or numbers inside double quotation marks " " 

• The exact spelling, symbols, and order of code

syntax

• • A single line of code that performs an action

• • Information a program gives to the user, such as text

• • A group of letters, symbols and/or numbers inside double quotation marks " " 

• The exact spelling, symbols, and order of code

comment

• • A multi-line comment at the top of a program surrounded by """ marks

• • When the computer encounters something unexpected in your code

• A note that the computer ignores

• • A storage container for information

header comment

• • A multi-line comment at the top of a program surrounded by """ marks

• • When the computer encounters something unexpected in your code

• A note that the computer ignores

• • A storage container for information

 error

• • A multi-line comment at the top of a program surrounded by """ marks

• • When the computer encounters something unexpected in your code

• A note that the computer ignores

• • A storage container for information

variable

• • A multi-line comment at the top of a program surrounded by """ marks

• • When the computer encounters something unexpected in your code

• A note that the computer ignores

• • A storage container for information

assignment

• A storage container for information

• • Information the program receives from the user

• • When the computer encounters something unexpected in your code

• • Storing information in a variable

user input

• A storage container for information

• • Information the program receives from the user

• • When the computer encounters something unexpected in your code

• • Storing information in a variable