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AliceCh3
Learning to Program with ALICE Chapter 3 key terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| control structures | a statement that controls the execution of a block of instructions |
| instruction | a statement that executes to make objects perform a certain action |
| function | asks a question about a condition or computes a value |
| expression | a math operation on numbers or any other kinds of values |
| Boolean value | it is a data type that has one of two values (true or false) |
| condition | the state of something especially with respect to its value |
| conditional execution | the use of If/Else to change the flow of program execution |
| count | defines the number of times that the loop will execute |
| If/Else instruction | a control structure that chooses one or the other of two blocks of code depending on a comparison |
| loop | a control structure which repeats a block of code a specified number of times |
| relational operator | a group of 6 built in functions used in an If/Else statement to compare two values |
| repetition | a process in a computer program that uses a loop to repeatedly execute a block of code |