Tech terms that start with the letter "P"
A person who writes algorithms to create programs or code for computers.
What is a Programmer?
An electronic machine that can store and process data.
What is a computer.
The programs and other operating information used by a computer. The hardware uses ? to become a computer?
What is Software.
The computer's physical components such as: wiring, case, central processing unit (CPU), monitor, mouse, keyboard, graphics card, sound card, speakers, and motherboard.
What is hardware
The smallest element of a digital image.*
What is Pixel
What a programmer writes instructions directing a computer to do something.
What is code.
A humorous image or video with text that's copied and shared online, especially on social media.
What is a Meme.
A hand-held pointing device that detects two-dimensional motion relative to a surface. This motion is typically translated into the motion of a pointer on a display, which allows a smooth control of the graphical user interface of a computer.
What is a Mouse.
A message that is meant to serve the interests of the messenger or spread information in order to influence public opinion and to manipulate other people's beliefs.
What is Propaganda
This term can also be applied to math. A series or sequence of specific instructions or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations by a computer.
What is an Algorithm
Name a common and popular web-based computer programming language that reminds you of coffee.
What is JavaScript.
A hardware component that stores all of your digital content. Your documents, pictures, music, videos, programs, apps, and operating system represent digital content stored on this. It can be external or internal.
What is a Hard Drive.
What is a popular programming language you may have used at school, named after a snake?
What is a Python
A group of instructions similar to a verb that tells the computer to do something, also known as a named procedure. This is used by programming languages to return a single result or a set of results, and is one of the basic building blocks of a program.
What is Function
When programmers put images on screens, they use a grid that represents the screen. Each square in the grid has a reference number like an address. This number is a square's location and can be written as a pair of numbers.
What are X-Y Coordinates.
A system that is used to store data for immediate use in a computer. Faster than a hard drive but can get erased when the computer turns off. The term is often synonymous with the term primary storage.
What is Memory.
A way to plan a computer program using human-friendly language instead of a computer language like JavaScript. *
What is Pseudocode
A part of code that makes a function more specific. Adding this makes the function reusable in a number of different ways, like adding detail to the function that is changeable.
What is an Argument.
Rules for how a program is written. These rules have a purpose similar to written grammar. A standard format for writing code that the computer understands.
What is Syntax.
An integrated electronic circuit that performs the calculations that run a computer. Such as executing instructions, performs basic arithmetic, logic, controlling, and input/output operations specified by the instructions in the program.
What is a CPU or Central Processing Unit