Vocabulary

Computer Science Vocabulary

We learn and practice a word of the day each time in computer specialty. Students are expected to learn the following words during the semester.

• Digital Citizen - Someone who acts safely, responsibly, and respectfully online.

  • Click - Press the mouse button

  • Double-Click - Press the mouse button very quickly twice

  • Drag - Click your mouse button and hold as you move the mouse pointer to a new location

  • Drop - Release your mouse button to "let go" of an item that you are dragging

  • Bug - Part of a program that does not work correctly. The First Bug (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NC4TZZqLh8&feature=youtu.be

  • Algorithm - A list of steps to finish a task. (A precise sequence of instructions for processes that can be executed by a computer)

  • Debugging - Finding and fixing problems in an algorithm or program.

  • Program - An algorithm that has been coded into something that can be run by a machine.

  • Persistence - Trying again and again, even when something is very hard.

  • Programming - The art of creating a program.

  • Loop - The action of doing something over and over again.

  • Repeat - Do something again

  • Condition: A statement that a program checks to see if it is true or false. If true, an action is taken. Otherwise, the action is ignored.

  • Conditionals: Statements that only run under certain conditions.