Basic Coding Terminology

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What is the action of doing something over and over again?

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Loop

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What is a list of steps you can follow to finish a task?

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Algorithm

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Also known as Coding, it is the process of creating software.

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Computer Programming

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Primary instructions that tells the computer what action to perform (e.g. run, jump, walk)

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Command

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Solving problems with very specific sets of instructions because computers only do exactly what they are told to do.

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Computer Science

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Instead of traditional, text-based programming, this type of coding involves dragging "blocks" of instructions.

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Block Style Coding

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Details of instructions that adds more specific information about the command (e.g. direction, color, object to perform an action on)

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Parameter

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Creating a sequence of instructions, or an algorithm, that makes a computer do something.

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Programming

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The step-by-step order in which instructions should occur.

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Sequence

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What do we call the person who writes the instructions for the computer to complete a task?

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programmer