CodeMonkey Vocab 1-70

Programming

• Giving instructions to a computer
• Input to a computer
• Actions taken in a program
• Syntax scene rules

Functions

• Input keys on keyboard
• Instructions given to a computer
• Actions in your program
• An element in a function

Argument

• A statement
• Input added to a function
• Interaction with a function
• A simple loop

Statement

• Syntax
• An argument
• A sentence
• An element which expresses some action to be carried out

Objects

• Action in a program
• Anything we interact with in a scene
• Rules for a language
• Element that expresses action

Syntax

• Element that expresses action
• Input added to a function
• Anything we interact with in a scene
• Rules for how a language is written

Simple loop

• A loop
• A nested loop dependent on first line
• A loop that repeats till done
• A sequence of instructions that repeats a specified number of times

Variable

• A storage unit of data used when needed
• Name of code
• A simple loop
• A return value

Identifier

• X in the program
• Name of variable
• A storage unit of data
• An individual object in an array

Return value

• When asking a question receives an answer value
• Name of variable in data unit stored
• Item that cannot include spaces or specific words
• A programming function