Activity 2 definitions

Question 1

navigation method used only when there is no data from sensors; path begin and end is fixed

Answer 1

dead reckoning

Question 2

command used to trigger, start an event or procedure in a program

Answer 2

broadcasting

Question 3

sequence of instructions that continually repeat until a condition is met

Answer 3

loop

Question 4

using a procedure and only knowing what it does, not how it does it

Answer 4

procedural abstraction

Question 5

each part is executed before moving to the next part; one line completes before the next begins

Answer 5

sequential

Question 6

two processes occur at the same time

Answer 6

parallel

Question 7

programming statement that evaluates a T/F expression to determine next steps in program; if-then, if-then-else are example statements

Answer 7

conditionals

Question 8

one of two values

Answer 8

Boolean expression, data type

Question 9

smallest unit of data a program can use; two types local and global

Answer 9

variables

Question 10

set of steps to accomplish a task

Answer 10

algorithm

Question 11

putting a function inside another function or loop inside another loop

Answer 11

nested loop

Question 12

set a starting value

Answer 12

initialize

Question 13

specific location by order for an element in a list; in Python the first is represented by a zero

Answer 13

index

Question 14

collection of data values that do not have to be the same type; each item is called an element

Answer 14

list