Computer Science Concepts and Terminology

a number consisting of a decimal

• binary

• flowchart

• float

• Boolean

a conditional statement that contains multiple if statements

• elif

• modulus

• integer

• Python

the "brain" of the computer where all the information is passed through computer hardware 

• motherboard

• algorithm

• Computational 

• CPU

the lowest level of programming language that a computer reads; consists of 0s and 1s

• abstraction

• binary

• float

• brackets

_____ recognition - to find similarities between different types of problems 

• abstraction

• elif

• brackets

• pattern

a series of simple steps needed to solve a problem

• algorithm

• integer

• string

• Computational

encloses a list

• elif

• brackets

• decomposition

• string

a whole positive or negative number without a decimal

• integer

• Python

• pattern

• motherboard

to break a problem down into smaller, more manageable parts to solve

• string

• CPU

• pattern

• decomposition

high-level programming language that we use in this class

• Boolean

• binary

• Python

• float