CS Unit 1 & 2 - Important Vocabulary

A publication of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics that provides information about the key characteristics of various occupations, such as job duties, work environment, wages, number of jobs, job outlook, and the education and training that jobseekers need is called ________.

• Monthly Labor Review

• Dictionary of Occupational Titles

• Occupational Outlook Handbook

• Career Guide to Industries

A systematic way of thinking through a problem in order to work towards a solution both humans and computers can understand is called ________.

• Algorithmic Bias

• Computational Thinking

• Data Mining

• Digital Footprint

Breaking a complex problem into parts so that it is easier to understand is called ________.

• Compilation

• Iteration

• Abstraction

• Decomposition

The process of filtering out information that is not needed and concentrating on information that is needed is called ________.

• Encapsulation

• Iteration

• Abstraction

• Polymorphism

A process for solving the problem is called an ________.

• Database

• Algorithm

• Compiler

• Network

Names that hold one or more values are called ________.

• Operators

• Constants

• Functions

• Variables

A data type that represents numbers without a decimal is called ________.

• Strings

• Floats

• Integers

• Booleans

A data type that represents numbers with a decimal is called ________.

• Integers

• Floats

• Booleans

• Characters

A data type that represents True or False is called ________.

• Boolean

• Integer

• String

• Float

An informal language that helps programmers develop algorithms is called ________.

• Pseudocode

• Compiler

• Assembler

• Flowchart