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| the set of step-by-step instructions that accomplish a task |
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| programmers who write, maintain, and/or customize programs that handle a specific task |
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| a program that converts assembly instructions into machine code |
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| programming languages that use mnemonics, such as ADD |
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| a program that converts high-level instructions into a language that the computer can understand |
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| – the structures that control the flow of a program’s logic; also called logic structures; sequence, repetition, selection. |
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| programming languages whose instructions more closely resemble the English language |
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| computer instructions written in 0’s and 1’s; also called machine code |
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| the alphabetic abbreviations used to represent instructions in assembly languages |
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| object-oriented programming |
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| a program designed by focusing on the objects that the program could use to accomplish its goal |
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| procedure-oriented programming |
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| a program designed by focusing on the individual tasks to be performed |
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| the people who write computer programs |
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| languages used to communicate with a computer |
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| the directions given to a computer |
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| the control structure that directs the computer to repeat one or more instructions until some condition is met, at which time the computer should stop repeating the instructions; also called a loop or iteration |
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| the control structure that directs the computer to make a decision and then take the appropriate action based on that decision; also called the decision structure |
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| the control structure that directs the computer to process each instruction in the order listed in the program |
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| programmers who write and maintain programs that help the computer carry out its basic operating function |
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| process of manually walking through each of the steps in an algorithm |
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| process of manually walking through each of the steps in an algorithm |
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| the process of translating an algorithm into a programming language |
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| a tool that programmers use to help them plan or depict an algorithm; consisting of standardized symbols |
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| the lines that connect the symbols in a flowchart |
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| the items a program needs to achieve the output |
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| the parallelogram in a flowchart, used to represent input and output tasks |
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| data that the programmers is not expecting the user to enter |
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| an acronym for Input, Processing, and Output |
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| a chart that some programmers use to summarize the results of a problem analysis |
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| goal fo solving a problem; the items the user wants to print , display, or store |
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| the rectangle symbol in a flowchart; used to represent tasks such as calculations |
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| an intermediate value that an algorithm uses when processing the input into the output |
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| tool that programmers use to help them plan an algorithm; consisting of short English statements |
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| the oval symbol in a flowchart; used to mark the beginning and the end of the flowchart |
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| data that the programmer is expecting the user to enter |
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