AP CSP Vocab

Question 1

costumes

Answer 1

something that can be “worn” by a sprite.

Question 1

sprite

Answer 1

an actor on the stage who knows how to do many different things, such as walk around the stage and speak the lines of the play. in comp sci context a object you control with code.

Question 2

transparency

Answer 2

how much you can see what’s behind an image.

Question 3

list

Answer 3

an ordered sequence of items.

Question 4

string

Answer 4

a sequence of characters (letters, digits, punctuation, etc.).

Question 5

substring

Answer 5

a piece of some existing string.

Question 6

concatenate

Answer 6

to make a bigger string by connecting two or more smaller strings.

Question 7

debugging

Answer 7

The process of testing, finding problems, and fixing code issues

Question 8

procedure

Answer 8

a named sequence of instructions that may take inputs and may report a value. also can be known as methods or functions.

Question 9

Reporters

Answer 9

type of procedure that reports a value.

Question 10

Commands

Answer 10

type of procedure that tells the computer to do something without reporting a value.

Question 11

expression

Answer 11

either a constant value (such as “4” or “winter”) or a call to a reporter block including its inputs

Question 12

value

Answer 12

can be a number, a string, a sprite, a costume, a script, a list—anything).

Question 13

algorithm

Answer 13

a sequence of steps that are usually performed by a computer.

Question 14

pseudocode

Answer 14

an algorithm written in human language

Question 15

parameter

Answer 15

the input name, such as number of branches.

Question 16

argument

Answer 16

the input value, such as 6 for a hexagonal pinwheel.

Question 17

iteration

Answer 17

a repeating program structure that is looping or in repetition

Question 18

Personally identifiable information (PII)

Answer 18

information that can let others figure out who you are and possibly get more information like your Social Security number, age, race, phone number(s), medical information, financial information, or biometric data (such as your thumbprint or face scan).

Question 19

infinite loop

Answer 19

When a program keeps running forever

Question 20

code segment

Answer 20

a sequence of connected instructions that carry out a purposeful action. instructions in the code segment are carried out in order, from top to bottom.