Programming Terms
Beginners All purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
What is Basic?
The program transforms or manipulates the information
What is Calculation?
Requires a variable and accepts input from user
What is an input command?
What does the single quote in this line of code mean: 'Sales Tax Computation program
Comment
A special program that processes statements written in a particular programming and turns them into machine language or "code" that a computer's processor uses
Every computer has one and it has its own set of instructions that it understands
What is a CPU?
Will clear the screen of all data
What is the CLS command?
what is missing from this line: input "Press Enter to continue.";
What is the Variable?
Unique name that will store any input the user enters
What is a Variable?
The program displays the final result.
What is an output?
Displays something on the screen. Can also be used to create blank lines of space on the screen.
What is the print command?
What does cls mean?
What is clear screen?
instructions you write when developing a computer program
What are statements?
Laying out simple steps to solve a problem in a way a computer can understand Programming
Set of instructions for the CPU and is the only language. Consists of patterns of bits - 1 and 0
What is Machine Language/Binary?
Allows us to "go to" someplace in our program
What is wrong with this line of code:
print "This tax program determines how much tax is
What is missing end quotation marks?
Directs our program where to go.
What is the Branch Label?
When saved to a file, the statements that make up a program are collectively referred to as the programs as what?
What is programming?
Used to terminate a program
True or False
[start) is an example of a Branch Label.
What is False?
Bonus: How should it correctly be written?