Midterm Flashcards
Cpu
the brain of a computer
Hardware
The Physical part
Software
The program (on the hardware)
High-level programming
English-like programming language that’s easy to understand
Syntax Error
When the grammar of the Programming language is incorrect
Runtime Error
When the program crashes while in runtime due to an incorrect execution of a statement
Logic Error
When a program creates an incorrect answer
Used to print a string to display
Input
The statement used to read user input
Algorithm
A step by step procedure that solves a problem in a finite amount of time
Pseudocode
The English description of your algorithm, that describes what the code will do.
Control Statement
Controls the execution of code in a program (if else)
While loop
a loop that repeats until a condition is false
for loop
a loop that repeats for a fixed number of iterations
Sentinal loop
a loop that repeats until a sentinel value is encountered
