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Programming
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Computer Science
12th Grade
01/13/2011

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Application
Definition
A program which makes the computer a useful tool.
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Assignment statement
Definition
The statements in a procedure
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Body
Definition
The statements in a procedure
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Click event procedure
Definition
A procedure that executes in response to a mouse Click event
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Code window
Definition
part of the IDE that displays the Form1 module window where program statements are entered
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Comment
Definition
Text that explains and clarifies program code for other programmers. Comments are preceded by a single quotation mark.
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Compiler
Definition
Converts a program to a language that the computer understands.
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Control
Definition
Used to create a control class object that the user can interact with.
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Design window
Definition
Displays the application interface and allows control class objects to be added, deleted, and sized.
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Event
Definition
Occurs when the user interacts with an object.
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Event-driven application
Definition
Executes code in response to events.
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Event handler
Definition
See Event procedure
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Event procedure
Definition
Block of code that executes in response to an event.
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Form
Definition
A control class object that is an application interface. Contains a title bar, system menu, and Minimize, Maximize, and Close buttons.
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IDE (Integrated Development Environment)
Definition
to create or modify a Visual Basic .NET application.
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Interface
Definition
What appears on the screen when an application is running.
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Menu bar
Definition
The part of the IDE that contains the names of menus that contain commands. Can also be added to an application with a MainMenu control.
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Numeric expression
Definition
Formed with arithmetic operators.
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Operator precedence
Definition
The order in which operators are evaluated in a numeric expression.
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Procedure
Definition
A block of code written to perform specific tasks.
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Program code
Definition
A set of instructions in an application.
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Project
Definition
The set of files that make up a Visual Basic .NET application.
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Project Explorer window
Definition
The part of the IDE that lists the files in the current project.
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Properties window
Definition
The part of the IDE that lists the properties values of an object.
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Property
Definition
The part of a control object that defines its appearance, behavior, position, and other attributes.
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Select
Definition
Clicking an object, which displays handles.
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Statement
Definition
A line of code
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Solution Explorer window
Definition
Used to switch between the Design and Code windows.
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Toolbox
Definition
The part of the IDE that contains controls that are used to add objects to a form.
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Visual Basic .NET
Definition
Object-oriented programming language used to create Windows, Web, and command-line (console) applications.
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Breakpoint
Definition
A statement that has been marked as a stopping point.
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Constant
Definition
A named memory location which stores a value that cannot be changed from its initial assignment.
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Debugging
Definition
The process of getting an application to work correctly.
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Declaration statement
Definition
A statement used to create a variable or constant.
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Coding
Definition
Creating the interface and writing the program code.
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Design
Definition
How an application’s interface will look and how the program code will be written.
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Floating point
Definition
A data type that can represent values with numbers after the decimal point.
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Function
Definition
A procedure that performs a task and then returns a value
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Global declaration
Definition
A declaration outside the procedures of a program. Also called module-level declaration.
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Integer division
Definition
A declaration at the beginning of a procedure.
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Logic error
Definition
An error caused by syntactically correct statements that produce unexpected results. Also called semantic error.
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Modulus division
Definition
Division performed with the Mod operator to return only the remainder portion of the division operation.
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Prompt
Definition
A label placed near a text box describing the expected input from the user.
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Run-time error
Definition
A syntax or logic error that halts a program at run time. Also called an exception.
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Scope
Definition
The set of statements that can be accessed by a declared variable or constant.
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Specification
Definition
Definition of what an application should do.
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String
Definition
A set of characters
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Syntax error
Definition
An error caused by a statement that violates the rules of Visual Basic .NET.
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Testing
Definition
The process of running an application and entering data to test different possibilities to reveal any bugs.
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Text box
Definition
An object that allows the user to enter a value.
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Variable
Definition
A named memory location that stores a value.
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Variable
Definition
A named memory location that stores a value.
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Watch window
Definition
The part of the IDE that can be used to examine values.
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Algorithm
Definition
A set of steps that tell how to solve a problem.
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Boolean expression
Definition
An expression that evaluates to either True or False.
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Counter
Definition
A variable used to store a value that is updated by a constant value.
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Decision structure
Definition
A statement that uses a condition to determine which set of statements to execute.
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Lifetime
Definition
The duration in which a declared variable exists in memory.
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Logical operators
Definition
Operators (And, Or, and Not) that may be used to form a Boolean expression.
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Message box
Definition
A predefined dialog box that displays a message for the user.
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Nested statements
Definition
One or more statements within a statement
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Pseudocode
Definition
An algorithm written in both English and program code.
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Relational operators
Definition
Operators (=, <, <=, >, >=, and <>) that can be used to form a Boolean expression.
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Roundoff error
Definition
Occurs when a floating point number cannot be exactly represented in binary notation by the computer.
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Static variable
Definition
A variable with a local scope but a lifetime the duration of the program
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