Coding Vocabulary Review

A set of instructions a computer follows to do something.

• Bug

• Program

• Algorithm

• Loop

More than one instruction or command to be followed in order.

• Sequence

• Bug

• Algorithm

• Command

The action of doing something over and over again, repeating code.

• Code

• Program

• Loop

• Bug

The person who writes code and communicates instructions to a computer.

• Code

• Command

• Programmer

• Algorithm

A set of instructions to do a specific task.

• Bug

• Algorithm

• Loop

• Debug

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

• Program

• Sequence

• Algorithm

• Code

An error, or mistake, in a program that prevents the program from being run correctly.

• Program

• Loop

• Bug

• Code

One or more commands or algorithms designed to be carried out by a computer.

• Loop

• Program

• Command

• Code

Finding and fixing errors or mistakes in computer programs.

• Looping

• Sequencing

• Debugging

• Decomposing

Breaking a problem down into smaller pieces.

• Decompose

• Debug

• Sequence

• Bug