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33 Cards in this Set
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Problem Solving |
The process of formulation a problem, finding a solution, and expressing the solution. |
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High-level language |
A programming language like Python that is designed to be easy for humans to read and write |
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Low-level language |
A programming language that is designed to be easy for a computer to execute; also called "machine language" or "assembly language" |
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Portablility |
A property of a program that can run on more than one kind of computer |
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Interpret |
To execute a program in a high-level language by translation it one line at a time. |
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Compile |
To translate a program written in a high-level language into a low-level language all at once, in preparation for later execution |
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Source code |
A program in a high-level language before compiled |
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Object code |
The output of the compiler after it translates the program |
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Executable |
Another name for object code that is ready to be executed |
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Script |
A program stored in a file (usually one that will be interpreted) |
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Program |
A set of instructions that specifies a computation |
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Algorithm |
A general process for solving a category of problems |
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Bug |
An error in a program |
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Debugging |
The process of finding and removing any of the three kinds of programming errors |
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Syntax |
The structure of a program |
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Syntax error |
An error in a program that makes it impossible to parse (and therefore impossible to interpret) |
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Runtime error |
An error that does not occur until the program has started to execute but prevents the program from continuing |
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Exception |
Another name for a runtime error |
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Semantic error |
An error in a program that makes it do something other than what the programmer intended |
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Semantics |
The meaning of a program |
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Natural language |
Any one of the languages that people speak that evolved naturally |
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Formal language |
Any one of the languages that people have designed for specific purposes (such as, representing mathematical ideas or computer programming) |
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Token |
One of the basic elements of the syntactic structure of a program, analogous to a word in a natural language |
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Parse |
To examine a program and analyze the syntactic structure.
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Print statement |
Aninstruction that causes the Python interpreter to displayavalue on the screen.
print() |
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Value |
A number or string that can be stored in a variable or computed in an expression |
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Type |
A set of values. intergers - int() floating point numbers - float () strings - string() |
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Floating-point |
A format for representing a number with a decimal float() |
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Variable |
A name that refers to a value |
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Rules of precedence |
Theset of rules governing the order in which expressionsinvolvingmultiple operators and operands are evaluated.
PEMDAS |
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Concatenate |
To join two operands end-to-end |
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Composition |
The ability to combine simple expressions and statements into compound statements and expressions in order to represent complex computations concisely |
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Comment |
Information in a program that is meant for other programmers and has no effect on execution Starts with # |
