Unit 1 Vocab

Question 1

Algorithm

Answer 1

A set of instructions a computer will follow

Question 2

Variables

Answer 2

information a user gives a computer to define something

Question 3

Collaboration

Answer 3

to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor.

Question 4

Driver

Answer 4

a set of files that tells a piece of hardware how to function by communicating with a computer’s operating system

Question 5

Conditional

Answer 5

code that decides what part of an algorithm to run based on whether a condition is true or false.

Question 6

Sprite

Answer 6

an image that represents something on a computer

Question 7

Broadcast

Answer 7

when a sprite sends a message to another part of the program

Question 8

Command

Answer 8

A specific action assigned to a program to perform a specific task

Question 9

Event/Control

Answer 9

things that happen in the system you are programming, which the system tells you about so your code can react to them.

Question 10

Input

Answer 10

Data or information the user gives the computer

Question 11

Output

Answer 11

information that the computer gives to the user

Question 12

Pseudocode

Answer 12

an informal and contrived way of writing programs in which you represent the sequence of actions and instructions (aka algorithms) in a form that humans can easily understand

Question 13

Sequence

Answer 13

The order a computer runs a algorithm

Question 14

Local Variable

Answer 14

a variable that only works within the sprite it is coded

Question 15

Global Variable

Answer 15

a variable that works anywhere in the program

Question 16

Initializing

Answer 16

setting your variable to something.at the beginning of your program BEFORE using

Question 17

Data Types

Answer 17

different ways to store information +