7517 05 Structured Programming

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Procedural programming languages

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Languages where the programmer specifies the steps that must be carried out in order to achieve a result.

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Imperative language

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A language based on giving the computer commands or procedures to follow.

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Structure Chart

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Similar to a hierarchy chart with the addition of showing how data is passed around the system.

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Hierarchy Chart

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A diagram that shows the design of a system from the top down.

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Top-down approach

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When designing systems, it means that you start at the top of the process and work your way down into smaller and smaller sub-processes.

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Flowchart

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A diagram using standard symbols that describes.

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System flowchart

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A diagram that shows individual processes within a system.

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Pseudo-code

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A method of writing code that does not require knowledge of a particular programming language.

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Naming conventions

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The process of giving meaningful names to subroutines, functions, variables and other user-defined features in a program.

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Dry run

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The process of stepping through each line of code to see what will happen before the program is run.