Programming Flashcards
(14 cards)
Flowcharts
Diagrams that represent an algorithm, and they show the step by step process on different kind of boxes and the sequence of the process.
A processing step, usually called activity, and denoted as a rectangular box
Programming
To create a computer program, the first step is to specify what the purpose of the program is and what are the inputs, outputs, and calculations
Algorithm
An algorithm is a step by step set of operations
Integer
Whole number
Float
A number with a decimal
Input
The name given to the information that is provided to the program; important since it determines ultimate outcome
Text File
Can be used as a string
Binary File
Includes less common symbols; needs a special program to read it
Output
information in a form suitable for transmission from internal to external units of a computer, or to an outside medium.
Variable
a quantity or function that may assume any given value or set of values.
a symbol that represents this.
Conditional
In computer science, conditional statements, conditional expressions and conditional constructs are features of a programming language which perform different computations or actions depending on whether a programmer-specified boolean condition evaluates to true or false. Apart from the case of branch predication, this is always achieved by selectively altering the control flow based on some condition.
For loops
loops through a block of code a number of times
While loops
Loops through a block of code while a specified condition is true
Function
The term function is also used synonymously with operation and command. For example, you execute the delete function to erase a word.