Conditional and iterative statements Flashcards
>
greater than
<
less than
> =
greater than or equal to
<=
less than or equal to
==
equal to
Automation:
The use of technology to reduce human and manual effort to perform common and repetitive tasks
Boolean data:
Data that can only be one of two values: either True or False
Command-line interface:
A text-based user interface that uses commands to interact with the computer
Comment:
A note programmers make about the intention behind their code
Conditional statement:
A statement that evaluates code to determine if it meets a specified set of conditions
Data type:
A category for a particular type of data item
Dictionary data:
Data that consists of one or more key-value pairs
Float data:
Data consisting of a number with a decimal point
Integer data:
Data consisting of a number that does not include a decimal point
Integrated development environment (IDE):
A software application for writing code that provides editing assistance and error correction tools
Interpreter:
A computer program that translates Python code into runnable instructions line by line
Iterative statement:
Code that repeatedly executes a set of instructions
List data:
Data structure that consists of a collection of data in sequential form
Loop variable:
A variable that is used to control the iterations of a loop
Notebook:
An online interface for writing, storing, and running code
Programming:
A process that can be used to create a specific set of instructions for a computer to execute tasks
Set data:
Data that consists of an unordered collection of unique values
String data:
Data consisting of an ordered sequence of characters
Syntax:
The rules that determine what is correctly structured in a computing language
Tuple data:
Data structure that consists of a collection of data that cannot be changed
Type error:
An error that results from using the wrong data type
