Coding Vocabulary Quiz #1

Operators that combine variable assignments (=) with arithmetic operators. They serve as a shortcut when coders have to perform an operation that changes the value of a variable. If a rock falls on a game player's head, health needs to be subtracted from their total, and so on.

• Bit

• ASCII
• Binary Numbers
• Arithmetic/Assignment Operators

• Bug

Stands for the American Standard Code for Information Interchange, which assigns alphanumeric values to keyboard characters.

• ASCII
• Integers

• Main Function

• Bit
• Variable

A computer's way to represent information. Computers process millions of 1's and 0's a minute using different rules to interpret them as numbers, letters, operators, and everything else put into a computer.

• Output

• Arithmetic/Assignment Operators
• Binary Numbers

• Syntax

• Float

The individual 1's and 0's you see in binary.

• Else Statements

• Arithmetic/Assignment Operators
• ASCII
• Concatenate

• Bit

A descriptive term for an unanticipated fault or flaw that leads hardware or software to malfunction.

• Bug
• Strings

• Compiler

• Binary Numbers
• Bit

Notes in code that do not print or change anything. They are simply there to provide additional information. They can be single (#) or multi line (""" before and after).

• Input

• Arithmetic/Assignment Operators
• ASCII
• Comments

• Built-In Function

A program that converts commands so that a computer can understand and execute them

• Arithmetic/Assignment Operators

• Compiler

• If Statements

• Binary Numbers
• Bit

The action of joining or linking strings together to create a longer string. You can do this with strings, lists, and characters. The plus sign (+) is often used.

• Concatenate
• Arithmetic/Assignment Operators
• ASCII
• Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

• Integers

Used to do something else when the condition in the if statement isn't true. When the “if” statement’s condition is false, these statements are utilized to take another action.

• Comments

• Sprites

• ASCII
• Main Function

• Else Statements

A function or reusable code in the Python programming language that converts values into decimal values (examples: 4.5, 3.1444, etc.)

• Output

• Arithmetic/Assignment Operators
• Float

• Bit

• Text Coding