Programming Flashcards

(14 cards)

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Flowcharts

A

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

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Programming

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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

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3
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Algorithm

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An algorithm is a step by step set of operations

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4
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Integer

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Whole number

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5
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Float

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A number with a decimal

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Input

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The name given to the information that is provided to the program; important since it determines ultimate outcome

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7
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Text File

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Can be used as a string

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Binary File

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Includes less common symbols; needs a special program to read it

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Output

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information in a form suitable for transmission from internal to external units of a computer, or to an outside medium.

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Variable

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a quantity or function that may assume any given value or set of values.
a symbol that represents this.

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Conditional

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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.

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12
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For loops

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loops through a block of code a number of times

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13
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While loops

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Loops through a block of code while a specified condition is true

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Function

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The term function is also used synonymously with operation and command. For example, you execute the delete function to erase a word.

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