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Unit 1 Vocabulary, some of 2 and 3 Flashcards

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Hardware

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The collection of physical parts of a computer system

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Computer

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A machine that is programmable

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Memory

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Physical device storing digital information

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Storage

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Computer components that retain digital data

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Peripheral Device

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An external auxiliary device

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Input Device

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A piece of hardware equipment used to provide data and control signals to an information processing system

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Output Device

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A device used to send data from a computer to another device or user

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Processing Device

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A device in a computer that handles processing of input

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Storage Device

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A device that retains digital data

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CPU

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The computer’s main processing device

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Core

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A unit that receives instructions and performs calculations

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Types of CPUs

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Celeron Core, i3Core, i5Core, i7Core

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Optical Drive

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A drive that reads and writes optical discs

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Router

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Device that connects one network with another

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Server

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A computer that manages access to a centralized resource or service in a network

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Modem

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Device that convert analog signals to digital signals and digital signals to analog signals

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Operating System

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Software that supports a computer’s basic functions

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Application Software

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A computer program that performs a coordinated group of functions

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Internet

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The world’s largest WAN network

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World Wide Web

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A collection of documents linked together

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Web 2.0

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The second stage of development of the World Wide Web, characterized by the change from static web pages to dynamic or user-generated content

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Network

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Two or more computers connected for sharing information

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HTTP

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(HyperText Transfer Protocol)
The underlying protocol used by the World Wide Web defining how messages are formatted and transmitted, and what actions web servers and browsers should take in response to various commands

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HTML

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A standardized system for tagging text files to achieve font, color, graphic, and hyperlink effects on World Wide Web pages

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Active X

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A software framework created by Microsoft that adapts its earlier Component Object Model and Object Linking and Embedding technologies for content downloaded from a network

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Cookie

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A small piece of data sent from a website and stored on the user’s web browser while the user is still browsing

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Home Page

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The introductory page of a web page or the default start-up page pf a web browser

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Pop-up Ads

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New web browser windows for displaying advertisements

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Collaborative Sites

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Service that allows your center to share web pages with customers while offering voice and text chat assistance or to conduct single or multi-user conferences and seminars

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Digital Literacy

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The ability to find, evaluate, utilize, share, and create content using information technologies and the Internet

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Search Engine

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A program that searches for and identifies items in a database that corresponds to keywords or characters specified by the user

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Web Browser

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A software application for retrieving, presenting, and transferring information resources on the World Wide Web

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Boolean Operators

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Words used as conjunctions to combine or exclude keywords in a search

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Ranking-Based Search Engine

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A search engine that uses search engine ranking, which refers to the. position at which a particular site appears in the results of the query

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Links List Website

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Web directory with an organized listing of web sites

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Keywords

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Words and phrases that searchers enter into search engines

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E-Communication

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Transfer of signs, signals, writing, images, sounds, data, or intelligence of any nature transmitted by a wire, radio, electromagnetic, photoelectronic, or photooptical system.

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Real Time Communication

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The actual time during which a process takes place or an event occurs

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VOIP

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(Voice Over Internet Protocol)

Telephonic communication via the internet

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SMS

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(Short Message Service)

Text messaging and service component of most telephone, World Wide Web, and mobile telephony systems

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IMS

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(Instant Message Service)

Service for sending messages via the Internet in real time

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MMS

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(Multimedia Messaging Service)

Standard way to send messages that include multimedia content from a mobile phone over a cellular network

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E-mail

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Messages distributed by electronic means from one computer user to one or more recipients via a network

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Username

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An identification used by a person with access to a computer, network, or online service

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ISP

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A company that is able to provide you with access to the Internet

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Domain

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A group of computers and devices on a network that are administered as a unit with common rules and procedures defined by the IP address

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CC

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Used to share copies of e-mail with others but is not directed to the individuals

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BCC

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A CC in which recipient and people who have a CC do not see they have a copy

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Attachment

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A picture, document, movie, sound file, or other file that is attached to a message

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Spamming

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Sending the same message indiscriminately to recipients on the Internet

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Trolling

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Making a deliberately offensive or provocative online post with the aim of upsetting someone or eliciting an angry response form them

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Social Engineering

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The use of deception to manipulate individuals into divulging confidential or personal information that may be used for fraudulent purposes

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Netiquette

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The correct or acceptable way of communicating on the Internet

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URL

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(Uniform Resource Locator)

The address of a World Wide Web page

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Data

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Facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis

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Aggregate

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Collect related items so as to display or link them

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Aggregate Data

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Data combined from several measurements

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Discovery Data

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The process of extracting actionable patterns from data

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Inference

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A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning

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Conclusion

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A judgment or decision reached by reasoning

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Four-Fold Symmetry

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A figure has two lines of symmetry perpendicular to each other

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Translation

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Moving a shape to a different place

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Iteration

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The repetition of a process

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Dilation

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Making a figure grow larger

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Rotation

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A plane figure turns around a fixed center point

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Symmetry

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The quality of being made up of exactly similar parts facing each other around an axis

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Vector

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A quantity having a direction as well as magnitude, especially as determining the position of one point in space in relation to another

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Reflection Symmetry

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One half of a figure is the reflection of the other half

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Cartesian Graph

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Graph using the cartesian coordinate system (each point is represented by a pair of coordinates).

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Intelligence

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The ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills

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Context Dependent

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The improved recall of specific episodes of information when the context present at encoding and retrieval are the same

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Processor

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A machine that processes something

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Hard Drive

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A high capacity self contained storage device containing a read-write mechanism plus one or more hard discs, inside a sealed unit

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Word Processing Software

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A computer program that provides special capabilities beyond that of a text editor

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Presentation Software

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Software used to create a sequence of text and graphics, and often audio and video, to accompany a speech or public presentation

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Spreadsheet Software

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An interactive computer application for organization, analysis and storage of data in tabular form

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Browser

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A program with a graphical user interface for displaying HTML files, used to navigate the World Wide Web

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Authority

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Official permission; sanction

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Purpose

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The reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists

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Coverage

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The area reached by a particular broadcasting station

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Accuracy

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How correct an answer is

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Objectivity

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The quality of being not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts

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Currency

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The fact or quality of being generally accepted or in use

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Accessibility

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The quality of being able to be reached or entered

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What are the functions of a computer?

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To receive input, process information, store information, and produce output

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RAM

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A volatile memory device

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ROM

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A non-volatile memory device.

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Hertz

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The number of cycles per second

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Gigahertz

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The amount of billions of cycles per second

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Tasks that cannot be accomplished by a computer

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Empathy, collaborating, storytelling, creatively solve problems together

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Social media

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Websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking

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Permeance of online data

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Nothing you do online is private and anything you put on social media could still exists forever and can never be completely erased

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Online safety

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Exercising caution and consciousness of personal data that is shared online

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Troubeshooting

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Trace and correct errors in a software program

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Minimal spanning tree

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The shortest path between all the locations in a network

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Real-World applications for minimal spanning trees

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Package delivery routes, computer networks, computer chip circuitry, airlines, pipes, and electrical grids

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Binary system

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Base 2 counting system

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Storyboard

A

Make a plan that identifies program components and design elements

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Sprite

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An object in a Scratch program that is manipulated by blocks

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Loops

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Repeating a task a certain amount of times

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Broadcast

A

Sends a message to all the scripts

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Events

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Something that has to happen, such as the green flag being clicked, to start a strand of code

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Motion blocks

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Tells the sprite to move a certain way

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Looks

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A category of blocks in Scratch that change the look of a sprite

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Conditionals

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If condition is true, run the blocks inside

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Wait

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Tells the sprite to wait the parameter’s amount of seconds before doing the next block of code

107
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Variable

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A named storage location in the computer’s memory

108
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Randomness

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Picks a random integer within the specified range

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Ethical responsibility

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A person’s duty to act in a legal manner

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Software testing

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A process or executing a program or application with the intent of debugging

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