Activity 3 definitions

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language that abstracts some details to make programming faster and easier

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high level programming language

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language that encodes instructions in binary, so can be read and executed by computer

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low level programming language

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identifying errors or bugs in computer hardware/programs and fix them

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debugging

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named section of a program that performs a specific task

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function

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

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variable

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style of writing where _ is subbed for spaces, lowercase text

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underscore_case

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style of writing file names avoiding spaces by using Capital letters

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camelCase

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set of rules that defines the combination of symbols considered to be correctly structured in a coding language; grammar/spelling of text-based languages

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syntax

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symbol in code that assigns values from the right side of an equation to what is on the left side of equation

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assignment operator

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operator that compares values

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equality operator

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defines what a data item is or is not; integer, float, Boolean, string

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data types

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values a program provides to a function; also means parameter

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argument

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value computer gives back upon completing a function

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return value

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joining together of separate items, without changing them–in one place

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concatenation

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programming statement that evaluates Boolean expressions to determine the next steps in a program

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conditional statement

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information or signals produced or delivered by a computer system

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outputs

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process that manages complexity in a program; hides details to allow programmer to focus on high level functions

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abstraction

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collection of data value that do not have to be the same data type.

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list object

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individual entry in a list

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element

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specific location by order for an individual element in a list; position of an item in list; Python-1st element is 0

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index

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template for creating objects. grouping of functions and associated data into a cohesive unit

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class

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function that is a member of a class

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method