Introduction to Computer Science Flashcards
1
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Computing Science
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study of computation
2
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Computation
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Modeling
Representation
Manipulation
Transformation of information
3
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algorithms
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A plan or recipe that is used to solve a problem
4
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programs
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A sequence of instructions that specifies how to perform a computation
It is made of algorithms and data
5
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Computational Problem Solving
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Computational problem solving comes before Programming
It’s about finding an abstract computational solution for a problem or task
6
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Programming
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Programming is about taking a computational solution and describing it in a particular programming language
A way to instruct the computer to perform a certain task or a set of instructions
Description of computations, written in a way that a computer can execute them
7
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What is a (Python) Program?
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