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AliceCh3
Learning to Program with ALICE Chapter 3 key terms
Question | Answer |
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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 |