Coding Vocab
What is an algorithm?
A list of steps that you can use to follow a task
Name the videogame company that didn't put any work into debugging its games, creating face-melting, awful, bug filled titles such as Assassin's Creed Unity
Ubisoft
C++
REAL CODE!
Facebook was invented here
Harvard! (Mr. King was 3 miles away at NU while this was happening by the way. He was also one of the first initial facebook members. Of about 10,000. Lol.)
What company codes phones (that sometime explode), washer machines, and now FRIDGES!
Samsung
An algorithm (or collection of algorithms) that has been coded into something that can be run by a machine
What is a program?
Hackers are suspected of possibly tampering with what MAJOR US event?
What is the presidential election!
KASSHYK
SCIENCE FICTION
This School is at the forefront of all robotics, coding, and overall tech
MIT
This American city's public transportation system runs ENTIRELY off of pullies and cables.
What is San Francisco (cable cars)
The act of doing something over and over again
What is looping?
Name a household item (NOT A COMPUTER OR PHONE) that employs coding and programming to function
What is something in your house that codes and programs?
Java
Code!
This company is designing robots for the US Military
Boston Dynamics
This technology allows for computer aided designs to be built to their exact specifications, in real time.
What is a 3D Printer. There is one in the room. If you didn't get this, man. thats embarassing.
Programs or "rewards" that only run when certain parameters are met.
What are conditionals?
What gameshow did a coded robot intelligence completely DESTROY the human champion in?
Jeopardy! THE GAME WE ARE LITERALLY PLAYING RIGHT NOW! HOW EMBARRASSED ARE YOU?!
NeuroNet
Science Fiction
This robotics company is located in Massachusetts. They made robot dogs and a robot that can front flip.
Boston Dynamics
This company wants to use drones to deliver packages
Amazon
Why is debugging necessary? What causes bugs?
What is several programmers working on the same code can create inconsistencies which lead to bugs in the finished product.
With how mainstream coding and programming has become, pop culture is beginning to feature it in several tv shows and movies. Name one example of a show or movie that works in coding and/or programming
Varies
ColdFusion
CODE! Used by Adobe
What MASSIVE tech/coding internet company has their east coast headquarters in Cambridge??
This well known tech genius is one of the foremost names in clean energy and transportation. He also met with our president elect the other day
Elon Musk