Chapter One - Way of Program

Question 1

High-level Language

Answer 1

A programming language (like Python) that is designed to be easy for humans to read and write

Question 2

Low-level Language/Machine Language/Assembly Language

Answer 2

A programming language that is designed to be easy for computers to execute

Question 3

Portability

Answer 3

A property of a program that can run on more than one kind of a computer

Question 4

Interpret

Answer 4

To execute a program in a high-level language by translating it one line at a time

Question 5

Compile

Answer 5

To translate a program written in a high-level language into a low level language all at once, in preparation for later execution

Question 6

Source Code

Answer 6

A program written in a high-level language before being compiled

Question 7

Object Code

Answer 7

The output of the compiler after it translates the program

Question 8

Prompt

Answer 8

Characters displayed by the interpreter to indicate that it is ready to take input from the user

Question 9

Script

Answer 9

A program stored in a file (usually one that will be interpreted)

Question 10

Interactive Mode

Answer 10

A way of using the Python interpreter by typing commands and expressions at the prompt

Question 11

Script Mode

Answer 11

A way of using the Python interpreter to read and execute statements in a script

Question 12

Program

Answer 12

A set of instructions that specifies a computation

Question 13

Algorithm

Answer 13

A general process for solving a category of problems

Question 14

Bug

Answer 14

An error in a program

Question 15

Debugging

Answer 15

The process of finding and removing any of the three kinds of programming errors

Question 16

Syntax

Answer 16

The structure of a program

Question 17

Syntax Error

Answer 17

An error in a program that makes it impossible to parse (thus impossible to interpret)

Question 18

Exception

Answer 18

An error that is detected while the program is running

Question 19

Semantics

Answer 19

The meaning of a program

Question 20

Semantic Error

Answer 20

An error in a program that makes it do something other than what the programmer intended

Question 21

Natural Language

Answer 21

Any one of the spoken languages that evolved naturally

Question 22

Formal Language

Answer 22

Any one of the languages that people have designed for specific purposes, such as representing mathematical ideas or computer programs; all programming languages are formal languages

Question 23

Token

Answer 23

One of the basic elements of the syntactic structure of a program, analogous to a word in a natural language

Question 24

Parse

Answer 24

To examine a program and analyze the syntactic structure

Question 25

Print Statement

Answer 25

An instruction that causes the Python interpreter to display a value on the screen