EarSketch
Vocabulary
Computer Components
100

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EarSketch

100

Instructions in a programming language that tells a computer what to do.

Code/Coding

100

Stores the computer's short term memory.

RAM

200

What does the zeros represent in sounds=[0,0,0]?

The number of sounds.

200

To repeat a sequence.

Loop

200

Displays images & videos.

Graphics Card

300

What does codes like "sounds[#]=" do?

The sound clip is pasted here to prepare it for activation.

300

An action that a program responds to.

Event

300

Connects all of the components of the computer.

Motherboard

400

What does the code "fitMedia(sounds[#], #, #, #)" do?

Activates the sound clip.

400

An algorithm that has been coded to be ran by a machine.

Program

400

These team up to supply the computer with internet and every other piece of technology with internet.

Modem & Router

500

What does the last three numbers stand for in "fitMedia(sounds[#], #, #, #)"?

Track number, Starting measure, Ending measure.

500

A list of coding instructions.

Sequence.

500

Extension of the computer to display the output.

Peripherals

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