Do Now 1A Flashcards
Abstraction (process)
The process of reducing complexity by focusing on the main idea. By hiding details irrelevant to the question at hand and bringing together related and useful details, abstraction allows one to focus on the problem.
Abstraction (product).
A new representation of a thing, a system or a problem, which helpfully reframes a problem by hiding details irrelevant to the question at hand.
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP).
A document stipulating constraints and practices that a user must agree to for access to a district/corporate network or the Internet. Many businesses and educational facilities require that employees or students sign an AUP.
Algorithm
A set of unambiguous rules or instructions to achieve a particular objective.2
Alphanumeric
A combination of alphabetic and numeric characters, including other symbols, such as punctuation and mathematical symbols.2 Example: ABC123
Annotated bibliography.
A summary and/or evaluation of each of the sources in a bibliography.
Application.
Software (program) used by people to accomplish a task.
Array.
A data structure comprising a collection of values of the same type accessible through an index. 2 Fixed size. Example: [A, B, C, D] is an array of letters. The second element of the array is B.
Assistive technology.
In general, the term “assistive technology device” means any item, piece of equipment, or product system, whether acquired commercially off-the-shelf, modified, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of a person with a disability. Exception: The term does not include a medical device that is surgically implanted, or the replacement of such device.3
Asynchronous.
Not necessarily in the same time and place.
Attribute.
A piece of information which determines the properties of a field or tag in a database or a string of characters in a display. 2 Example: The “color” attribute of a red car would have the value “red.”
Authentication.
Any process by which you verify someone or something (a device) is who, what, they or it claim(s) to be. Example: Some websites use a combination of e-mail address and password as a means of authentication.
