Activity 1.1.2 Happy Accelerometer Vocabulary

Question 1

a set of steps to accomplish a task

Answer 1

algorithm

Question 2

The smallest unit of data storage that a program can use.

Answer 2

variable

Question 3

The values that a program provides to a function or subroutine.

Answer 3

argument

Question 4

A sequence of actions or instructions to follow in solving a problem or accomplishing a task.

Answer 4

procedure

Question 5

data type: text or characters displayed by a program

Answer 5

string

Question 6

A joining together of separate items—without changing them—into one place.

Answer 6

concatenate

Question 7

defines certain properties of what different kinds of information may or may not do

Answer 7

data type

Question 8

In a program, processing conditional statements to determine what action to take next.

Answer 8

logic

Question 9

add,
subtract,
multiply,
divide,
exponent,
modulus

Answer 9

arithmetic operators

Question 10

less than,
greater than,
less than or equal to,
greater than or equal to,
equal to,
not equal to

Answer 10

relational operators

Question 11

AND,
OR,
NOT

Answer 11

logical operators

Question 12

A style of writing file names that avoids spaces and other characters and differentiates words based on capitalization.

Answer 12

camelCase

Question 13

data type; a whole number that does not have a decimal or any digits after the decimal.

Answer 13

integer

Question 14

data type; number type that provides very precise information by including all the numbers after the decimal.

Answer 14

float

Question 15

data type having only two values; true or false

Answer 15

Boolean

Question 16

allows you to manipulate the properties of a block

Answer 16

mutator

Question 17

A technique or process that manages complexity in a program or computer system.

Answer 17

abstract

Question 18

To direct a program to execute or reference a certain procedure.

Answer 18

call a procedure