A list of steps that you can follow to finish a task.

Break a problem down into smaller pieces.

Pulling out specific differences to make one solution work for multiple problems.

Finding similarities between things.

A piece of code that you can easily call over and over again.

A placeholder for a piece of information that can change.

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Computer Vocab

Computer Science Vocabulary for Mrs. Adick's Tech class.

Term	Definition
Algorithm	A list of steps that you can follow to finish a task.
Decompose	Break a problem down into smaller pieces.
Abstraction	Pulling out specific differences to make one solution work for multiple problems.
Pattern Matching	Finding similarities between things.
Function	A piece of code that you can easily call over and over again.
Variable	A placeholder for a piece of information that can change.