AC Activity 1.3 Vocabulary - PLTW

Fill in the blank: An ______ is an action or occurrence that happens during runtime that will trigger a response or behavior by the software. Examples of events include user-initiated events, such as clicking a button, or external events, such as the device receiving an SMS text message.

• event

• object

• method

• variable

Fill in the blank: ______ is the period when a program is running. Runtime begins when a program is opened (or executed) and ends when the program is closed.

• Runtime

• Compile time

• Load time

• Shutdown time

Fill in the blank: ______ is a type of computer programming where the program responds to an input (or trigger).

• Event-driven programming

• Object-oriented programming

• Functional programming

• Procedural programming

Fill in the blank: ______ are a block of code that is triggered when a certain event happens.

• Functions

• Variables

• Loops

• Classes

Fill in the blank: In a program, a ______ is an event that is triggered by user interaction with the user interface.

• event

• variable

• function

• loop

Fill in the blank: ______ is the process of reducing complexity by hiding unnecessary details to make it easier to think about a problem.

• Abstraction

• Simplification

• Generalization

• Encapsulation

What is the incremental approach in programming?

• An approach to programming where the programmer adds and tests code in small chunks at a time to make sure it behaves the way they want it to, before adding more code.

• A method of programming where the entire code is written and tested at once.

• An approach where code is written without testing until the end of the project.

• A technique where programmers focus on optimizing code before writing it.

Program: A set of instructions that a computer executes to achieve a particular objective.

• What is a program?

• What is a computer?

• What is an objective?

• What is an instruction set?

End User: A representative consumer for whom a hardware or software product is designed.

• End User

• Developer

• Vendor

• Distributor

User Interface (UI): The visual part of a computer app or operating system, through which an end user interacts with the computing device or software.

• What is User Interface (UI)?

• A programming language

• A type of hardware

• A network protocol