Pyret Glossary

What are arguments?

• The study of using data to answer questions about the world

• The inputs to a function; expressions for arguments follow the name of a function

• A set of rules for writing code that a computer can evaluate

• Any sequence of characters between quotation marks

What is a contract?

• The inputs to a function

• A statement with the name, domain, and range of a function

• Software in which you can write and evaluate code

• Information from the computer about errors in code

What is data science?

• The inputs to a function

• A statement of the name, domain, and range of a function

• The study of using data to answer questions about the world

• Any sequence of characters between quotation marks

In Pyret, What is the definitions area?

• The inputs to a function

• A statement of the name, domain, and range of a function

• The text box in the Editor, where definitions for values and functions are written

• Software in which you can write and evaluate code

What is an editor?

• The inputs to a function

• A statement of the name, domain, and range of a function

• Software in which you can write and evaluate code

• Information from the computer about errors in code

What is an error message?

• The inputs to a function

• A statement of the name, domain, and range of a function

• Information from the computer with feedback about your code

• Any sequence of characters between quotation marks

What does it mean to evaluate?

• The inputs to a function

• Perform the computation in an expression, producing an answer

• The study of using data to answer questions about the world

• Any sequence of characters between quotation marks

What is an expression?

• The inputs to a function

• The computation written in the rules of some language (such as arithmetic, code, or a Circle of Evaluation)

• The text box in the Editor, where definitions for values and functions are written

• Software in which you can write and evaluate code

What is the interactions area?

• The inputs to a function

• A statement of the name, domain, and range of a function

• The text box in the Editor, where we enter expressions to evaluate

• Information from the computer about errors in code

What is an operator?

• The inputs to a function

• A symbol that manipulates two Numbers and produces a result

• The study of using data to answer questions about the world

• Any sequence of characters between quotation marks