Unit 3 Vocab

Question 1

user interface

Answer 1

the inputs and outputs that allow a user to interact with a piece of software. it can include a variety of forms such as buttons, menus, images, texts, and graphics

Question 2

input

Answer 2

data that are sent to a computer for processing by a program. can come in a variety of forma, such as tactile interaction, audio, visual, or text

Question 3

output

Answer 3

any data that are sent from a program to a device. can come in a variety of forms, such as tactile interaction, audio, visuals, or text

Question 4

program statement

Answer 4

a command or instruction, sometimes also referred to as a code statement

Question 5

program

Answer 5

a collection of program statement. they run/execute one command at a time

Question 6

two ways programs can run

Answer 6

sequential programming
event-driven programming

Question 7

sequential programming

Answer 7

program statements run in order, from top to bottom
- no user interaction
-code runs the same way every time

Question 8

event driven programming

Answer 8

some program statements run when triggered by an event, like a mouse click or a key press
-program runs differently each time depending on user interactions

Question 9

documentation

Answer 9

a written description of how a command or piece of code works or was developed

Question 10

comment

Answer 10

form of program documentation written into the program to be read by people and which do not affect how a program runs

Question 11

pair programming

Answer 11

a collaborative programing style in which two programmers switch between the roles of writing code and tracing or planning high level progress