8CS Vocabulary 24-25

Algorithm

• A procedure or formula for solving a problem, based on conducting a sequence of specified actions.
• Raw, unorganized facts that need to be processed. It can be something simple and apparently random and useless until it is organized.
• A Tik Tok dance
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Bandwidth

• A synonym for data transfer rate, the amount of data that can be carried from one point to another in a given time period (usually a second).
• A printed circuit board containing the principal components of a computer or other device, with connectors into which other circuit boards can be slotted.
• A musical group with many members
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Binary Code

• A simple code that computers use to send and receive data made from electrical signals and represented by 1s and 0s.
• a high-level description of the actions of a program or algorithm, using a mixture of English and informal programming language syntax
• integrated circuit
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Bit

• A binary digit—that is, a 0 or a 1.
• Each computer programming language uses a different ________. In computer programming languages, this serves the same purpose, defining how declarations, functions, commands, and other statements should be arranged. The structure and rules of a language.
• The crumbs at the bottom of the Cheez-it box.
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Byte

• An 8-bit word
• Device that projects images, gives sound, and basically gives out the info from the computer so the user can obtain it (ex: monitor, printer, projector, speakers)
• Bite spelled incorrectly
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Bitmap

• An image that is defined by a two-dimensional array of pixels
• An image that is stored usins a mathematical formula
• Based on geometric shapes.
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Central Processing Unit (CPU)

• The part of a computer in which operations are controlled and executed, located on the motherboard.
• Statements that only run under certain conditions.
• robot
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cloning

• making copies of a sprite
• making copies of a sheep
• making copies of a recipe
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coding

• Transforming actions into a symbolic language
• Physical elements of a computing systems (printer, circuit boards, wires, keyboard, etc)
• applying epoxy to a metal surface.
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Computer

• an electronic device that manipulates information or data
• Text that links to other information.
• A mechanical device that performs mathematical calculations.
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