Essential Coding Vocabulary

Broken code that causes a program to malfunction; often crashes the computer or prompts an error message.

• Virus

• Bug

• Shut Down

• Algorithm

One pass of a loop; could also mean going back to revise or fix a code several times.

• Repeat

• Restart

• Fixation

• Iteration

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

The content that comes out of a computer; could be text, numbers, sounds, or videos.

• Output

• Input

• Volume

• Product

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-3

The code written by programmers that becomes software.

• Programming

• Database

• Source Code

• Publisher

A chunk of code that takes input, manipulates it, and produces some kind of output.

• Function

• Equation

• Variable

• Output

The PROCESS of writing a computer program; often the majority of what software engineers do. 

• Programming

• Engineering

• Publishing

• Coding

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

A sequence of problem-solving steps. For example: Add a series of values together, and then divide by the number of values. These steps produce a mean or average.

• Equation

• Evaluate

• Algorithm

• Code

To create a function and the code that goes inside it.

• Program

• Define

• Function

• Loop

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

TRUE or FALSE: A bit is the LARGEST unit of information in computing and digital communications.

• TRUE

• FALSE

TRUE or FALSE: Code is the written content of a computer program. Code tells the computer what to do, where to store information, and what to show the user. 

• TRUE

• FALSE