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| a series of coded software instructions to control the operation of a computer |
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| linear (in order from top to bottom) |
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| order in which program statements are executed |
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| statements included at the top of the program and in-line in the code to provide documentation and explain the logic |
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| programming statements written in a higher-level language like COBOL or Python that the user can read and understand |
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| programming statements written in a lower-level language like Assembly that the computer can read and understand |
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| process of translating an entire program from source to object code, with execution after |
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| process of translating, then executing, one statement at a time |
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| errors that result from mistyped or incorrectly constructed statements; detected during translation; easy to fix |
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| errors in the underlying approach to the solution; not always detected during translation; program usually runs with incorrect results |
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| statements are only executed when a given condition (criteria) is met |
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| structure used by most languages to implement conditional statements |
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| equal to - not equal to - less than - less than or equal to - greater then - greater than or equal to |
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| meanings of the following conditional operators: = <> < <= > >= |
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| this clause contains the statements that will be executed when a condition tests TRUE |
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| this clause contains the statements that will be executed when a condition tests FALSE |
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| one or more statements repeatedly executed as long as a given condition remains TRUE |
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| loop that is repeated a set number of times which is known in advance of execution |
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| loop that is repeated until something happens to change the value of the condition (number of executions not known in advance) |
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| placeholder for a value that you may or may not know in advance |
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| three characteristics that must be specified when defining a new variable in a program |
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| a variable whose value does not change during execution of a program |
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| programming statement used to assign a value to a variable |
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Fill in the missing values for the variables X, Y, and Z:
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| variable that can hold more than one value |
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| the subscript that identifies the position in the array that holds a desired value |
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| index values of an array with ten items |
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| slang for errors in a program |
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| process of testing → correcting → retesting a program for errors |
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| process of executing a program one line of code at a time and viewing the results in an effort to identify errors |
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| displaying the values of the variables in a program at key intervals of execution to determine if the values are what they should be in an effort to identify errors |
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| a named set of programming statements |
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| process of inserting the statements in a function in a program |
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| function that calls itself |
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