Computer Science
A variable type that holds whole numbers
What is an integer
A type of iteration where you do not know how many times you may need the iteration to occur
While loop
A numerical value that corresponds to a unique element in an array. Index values start at zero, so the first element in an array has an index value of 0.
What is Index
The creator of the difference engine and in what year was it created
Charles Babbage 1820s
What does IDE stand for ? Name one IDE you are familiar with
Integrated Development environment
64 bits
an operating system with graphical symbols representing files, programs, and documents
What is GUI?
In general, a programming construct that allows for a block of code to be repeated multiple times.
What is a Loop
In this cipher, each letter is shifted a fixed number of places down the alphabet.
Caesar Cipher
A sequence of (often repeated) steps used to solve a problem.
What is Algorithm
Data stored in this area of a computer remains when a computer is turned off.
What is a secondary storage
NOT ( NOT ( NOT ( NOT ( NOT ( FALSE ) ) ) ) )
What is TRUE
When and where was the Antikythera mechanism found?
Greek Island 1901
This structure stores elements in a “first in, first out” order and is often used in task scheduling.
What is a queue?
This concept describes the delay between a request for data and the beginning of its transfer, often critical in memory performance.
This term describes a function calling itself to solve smaller instances of the same problem.
What is recursion?
Known as the worlds first programmer.
Ada Lovelace
Microbit files are saved as this type
The two types of programming error
Syntax error and logic error
This cipher was used to encode the Hebrew language, dating back to 500 BC
Atbash Cipher