Computer Science Ez
It's a set of steps used to solve a problem.
Algorithm
A numerical value that corresponds to a unique element in an array.
Index
A variable type that holds whole numbers
Integer
An outline or draft of a program, done in shapes.
Flowchart
When was the first computer invented?
1822
A list or collection of similar things.
Array
What is an underrated part of computer science?
Creativity
How a computer displays or communicates information.
Output
What percentage of STEM graduates are in computer science?
10%
During WWII, who created a machine that intercepted and decoded messages from the Axis Powers?
Alan Turing
A binary digit with two possible values, 0 or 1.
Bit
A tag-based programming language designed to create websites.
HTML
Data passed to a function.
Parameter
Smallest element used to make up an image on a display.
Pixel
Who made the first computer program?
Ada Lovelace
A sequence of binary digits made up of eight bits. It has 256 possible values
Byte
The computational method which is concerned with the removal of unnecessary detail is called ___
Abstraction
The way that the user and a computer system interact, particularly input devices and software.
User Interface (UI)
A variable type that represents a fraction.
Float
What was the first high-level computer programming language?
Short Code
The rules to correctly use a programming language
Syntax
What is a file of over one million bytes called?
Gigabyte
Represents a position or location. They tell a computer program where an action should take place by providing the location for the action.
Address
Information is lost when power is off.
Volatile memory
What was the name of the British computer that cracked the German codes during World War II?
Colossus