Problems and Problem Solving
Finding and fixing the problems in an algorithm or program
debugging
What is a reference to a value or expression that can be used repeatedly throughout a program?
Which word can be paired with an "if" statement to represent other outcomes of a scenario?
else
the process or activity of writing computer programs
coding
(will accept programing)
A piece of code that can be called over and over
function
What does IP stand for in IP address?
Internet Protocol
How many steps are in the debugging process? What are they?
4, Hunt for bugs, try solutions, document, describe problems
How many values can a variable hold at a time?
One
A series of instructions on how to accomplish a task
Algorithmn
expression
Statements that only run under certain conditions
Conditionals
What is the term for the service that translates URLs to IP addresses?
DNS
Form of program documentation written into the program to be read by people and which do not affect how a program runs.
Comment
A variable which is either a variable declared within the function or is an argument passed to a function
Local Variable
A way of representing information using only two options.
binary
a command or instruction. Sometimes also referred to as a code statement.
Program Statement
Extra information that you can give to a function to customize it
parameter
a protocol for computers to request and share the pages that make up the worldwide web on the Internet
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
A line that determines whether or not you run a certain chunk of code
logic error
Assignment Operator
What does HTML stand for?
HyperText Markup Language
Joining two strings together with the + symbol
concatenation
programming tool used to repeat a set of the loop while a condition is true.
While loop
A chunk of data sent over a network.
packet
Missing a comma or a quotation mark, or misspelling a word will result in this error in your program.
Syntax errors
<, >, <=, >=, ==, != indicate a Boolean expression
Comparison Operators
the information computers get from users, devices or other computers.
input
Used to check more than one boolean expression. They will only run the code for the first boolean expression that evaluates to true.
Logical Operators
&&, ||, !=
A line that determines whether or not you run a certain chunk of code
if statement
A protocol for sending packets that does error checking to ensure all packets are received and properly ordered.