Hardware
It detects the earth's magnet field allowing you to detect which direction the microbit is facing.
What is a compass?
basic block and used to show a value.
What is show number?
where to find the show string command
What is Basic drawer?
displays images and text on the screen
What is a Monitor?
non Apple operating system that is designed specifically for mobile devices
What is android?
The LED screen works as a basic light sensor allowing you to detect ambient light.
What is a light sensor?
basic block and draws an image on an LED screen.
What is show LEDs?
where to find how to make a tone or sound
What is a music drawer?
...software designed to detect and destroy computer viruses
What is anti-virus?
...a program with a graphical user interface for displaying HTML files, used to navigate the World Wide Web. (ex: Google, Bing)
What is a browser?
On the front of the micro bit (labelled A and B). You can detect when these are pressed, allowing you to trigger code on the device.
What are the buttons?
basic block and turns off all LEDs.
What is clear screen?
where to find the repeat block
What is a loop drawer?
...a facility allowing computers, smartphones, or other devices to connect to the Internet or communicate with one another wirelessly within a particular area
What is WIFI?
...a piece of code that is capable of copying itself and typically has a detrimental effect, such as corrupting the system or destroying data.
What is a virus?
These are 25 external connectors on the edge which we refer to as 'pins'. They connect extra sensors to control your code.
What are the pins?
basic block and used to show a pre-made picture.
What is show icon?
computational signs can be found in this drawer
What is a math block?
a computer that serves up information to other computers on a network
What is a server?
...a line of operating systems created by Apple
What is MAC OS?
It allows the microbit to detect the current temperature in degrees Celsius.
What is a temperature sensor?
basic block and displays text on a screen one letter at a time.
What is show string?
where to find an if, then, else block
What is logic drawer?
a humorous image, video, piece of text, etc., that is copied (often with slight variations) and spread rapidly by Internet users.
What is a meme?
...a technology for wireless communication over short distances
What is Bluetooth?