Terminology Flashcards
A list of steps to finish a task; a set of instructions that can be performed with or without a computer.
Algorithm
An error in a program that prevents the program from running as expected.
Bug
This is the piece of code that you add to a program to indicate that the program should run the code inside a function at a certain time.
Call (a function)
One or more commands or algorithm(s) designed to be carried out by a computer.
Code
An instruction for the computer.
Command
Statements that only run under certain conditions or situations.
Conditionals
Information; often quantities, characters, or symbols that are the inputs and outputs of computer programs.
Data
Finding and fixing errors in programs.
Debugging
Break a problem down into smaller pieces.
Decompose
To add code inside a function so that the program knows what it is supposed to do when the function is called.
Define (a function)
The service that translates URLs to IP addresses.
DNS (Domain Name Service)
An action that causes something to happen.
Event
A monitor for a specific event or action on a computer.
Event-handler
A loop with a predetermined beginning, end, and increment (step interval).
For loop
A piece of code that you can easily call over and over again.
Function
The piece of code that you add to a program to indicate that the program should run the code inside a function at a certain time.
Function call
The code inside a function that instructs the program on what to do when the function is called.
Function definition
A group of computers and servers that are connected to each other.
Internet
A number assigned to any item that is connected to the Internet.
IP address
A repetitive action or command typically created with programming loops.
Iteration
The action of doing something over and over again.
Loop
An extra piece of information that you pass to the function to customize it for a specific need.
Parameter
Cause the program to execute the commands you’ve written in your program.
Run program
Computers that exist only to provide things to others.
Servers
A relatively easy-to-remember address for calling a web page.
URL (Universal Resource Locator)
A placeholder for a piece of information that can change.
Variable
A simplified representation of something more complex.
Abstraction
Use a variable in a program.
Call (a variable)
An algorithm that has been coded into something that can be run by a machine.
Program
A collection of interlinked web pages on the World Wide Web.
Website
A loop that continues to repeat while a condition is true.
While loop
