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FCS1 Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Computer Scientist | A person who is skilled at modifying problems for digital solutions |
Data | Information, including: facts, samples, names and numbers |
Environment | The world we live in |
Interface | The way something allows you to connect with it |
Open Source | Software that is created for free use by everyone |
Automate | To make something happen automatically (without help from people) |
Computer Science | The art of blending human ideas and digital tools to increase problem solving power |
Simulation | Pretending to be (a stand-in for) the real thing |
Computational thinking | A method of problem-solving that helps computer scientists prepare problems for digital solutions |
Abstraction | Removing details from a solution so that it can work for many problems |
Algorithm | A list of steps that allow you to complete a task |
Decompose | To break a hard problem up into smaller, easier ones |
Pattern | A theme that is repeated many times |
Program | Instructions that can be understood and followed by a machine |
function | A piece of code that can be called over and over |
parameter | Extra bits of information that you can pass into a function to customize it |
coding | Transforming actions into a symbolic language |
Debugging | Finding and fixing problems in code |
Programming | Writing instructions for a digital tool |
ambigous | Having more than one meaning |
efficiency | ing the best outcome for the least amount of work |
evaluate | To work at an answer |