Computer Science & Coding
What is the art of telling a computer what to do, also known as communicating in a language it understands?
What is computer science?
What are the two main parts that make up all computers?
What are hardware and software?
What does debugging mean?
What is finding mistakes in your code?
Give one example of computer input.
What is keyboard, mic, camera, touch?
What is the output of print("hi")?
hi
Coding is another word for __________.
What is programming?
Give two examples of hardware.
What are keyboard, mouse, monitor (any physical part)?
What is the output?
print ("Mary had a little lamb, \nLittle lamb, \nLittle lamb")
Mary had a little lamb,
Little lamb,
Little lamb
Give one example of computer output.
What is screen, printer, 3D printer?
What are two variable data types?
True or False: Coding and computer science are the same thing.
What is False?
Programs that run on hardware, like Word or apps, are called __________.
What is software?
What is output by the following?
print ("/\\")
print ("\\/")
/\
\/
What type of memory is temporary and faster?
What is RAM (main memory)?
What symbol is used to join text and variables together?
What is the + sign?
Name two examples of areas in computer science.
What are internet, algorithms, data, programming?
What does the CPU do?
What is act as the brain of the computer, performing tasks in order?
What does a compiler do?
What is translate code to machine language (binary)?
What type of memory is long-term and slower?
What is secondary memory (USB, hard drive)?
What is an escape sequence and give an example.
Special characters in code like \n (new line), \t (tab), \" (quotation).
What is the main difference between natural language and formal language?
Natural language = everyday communication (slang/memory). Formal language = clear, rule-based (e.g., Python).
True or False: Main memory is used by the CPU for processing commands.
TRUE
Why is an IDE called the "Google Translate" of programming?
It turns natural language into computer/formal language.
Pulling information into the computer is called?
Input
Write a Python command that asks for someone’s name and prints “Hello” with it.
name = input("What is your name? ")
print("Hello " + name)