Unit 1 Vocab
A machine that processes information.
What is a computer?
A positive value will rotate
What is clockwise?
An expression that evaluates to True or False in programming.
What is a Boolean Expression?
Ex. Are you 18 years of age or older?
Storage device that stores digitally encoded data on rapidly rotating rigid disks with magnetic surfaces. The device is either permanently installed within the computer case or can be portable
What is a hard drive?
this sprite property changes the sprites size
What is sprite.scale?
An algorithm that has been coded into something that can be run by a machine.
What is program?
the default rotationSpeed
What is 0?
An attribute that describes an sprite's characteristics.
What is a property?
Ex. position, scale, rotation, visible, height, width
A temporary place to store memory that works quickly. Erased when computer turns off. Volatile.
What is RAM (Random Access Memory)?
used to keep the score in a game
What is var score;
A series of commands computers use to process information.
What is an algorithm?
A positive value will move the sprite
What is right?
A placeholder for a piece of information that can change.
What is a variable?
Ex. var x = ?;
Software used to control the computer and its peripheral equipment.
What is the OS (Operating System)?
What is make the sprites move faster?
A named bit of programming instructions.
What is a function?
a negative value will rotate
What is counterclockwise?
An extra piece of information passed to a function to customize it for a specific need.
What is a parameter?
Ex. createSprite (200, 200, 50, 100)
Printed circuit board on which the CPU, RAM chips and other electronic circuit elements of a digital computer are frequently located.
What is a motherboard?
randomize all the movement functions
What is random number?
label images and animations for your sprites.
What is set animation?
Checks if the sprite is touching the target sprite or any sprite in the target group
What is IsTouching?
Makes the sprite stop when it runs into the target
What is collide?
What is the brain of the computer?
What is a CPU (Central Processing Unit)?
Displays a group of sprites.
What is drawSprites?