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Scratch
Term | Definition |
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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 |
Statement | A directive that tells the computer to do something |
Boolean Expression | Expression that is either true or false. In Scratch, any block shaped like an elongated diamond is a Boolean expression |
Condition | Something that must be true in order for something to happen |
Events | One thing causing other things to happen |
Parallelism | Things happening at the same time |