CODE or PROGRAM
The brain of the modern computer
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU)
Person who write computer code
PROGRAMMER or CODER
One instruction for the computer
COMMAND
Herman Hollerith's first computer was used for this purpose; his company later became IBM
CENSUS
Step by step ordered instructions in code
ALGORITHM
Code that is a "mini-program" that can be used over and over again (i.e. - Getting Ready for School)
FUNCTION
Strings of the numbers 1 and 0
BINARY CODE
Repeating sections of code
LOOP
The action of repeating an instruction a set # of times
REPEAT
Created after World War II and is a switch that is smaller, faster and more reliable than the original glass tubes
TRANSISTOR
A mistake in computer code
BUG
The action of doing something over and over again without stopping
Contain many transistors onto a single chip
MICRPROCESSOR
A type of statement in the program that looks at special variables and then does specific things based on that (i.e.-Moby sitting in a seat in the classroom)
CONDITIONAL STATEMENT