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CSE Unit 1 Terms
Term | Definition |
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Variable | The smallest unit of data storage that a program can use. A variable contains known or unknown information referred to as a “value.” Two types of variables are global and local. |
String | Text or characters displayed by a program. In MIT App Inventor block mode, a text block lets you manage how text or “strings” will be presented to the user of an app. |
Float | A type of number that provides very precise information by including all the numbers after the decimal. |
Integer | A whole number that does not have a decimal or any digits after the decimal. |
Boolean | A data type that only has two values, usually denoted as true or false. |
Argument | The values that a program provides to a function or subroutine. Sometimes coding professionals use the terms “argument” and “parameter” interchangeably. In this course, argument is a better choice because Python does not use the term parameter. |
Concatenation | A joining together of separate items—without changing them—into one place. For example, the concatenation of two strings such as “Hello” and “world!” would return “Hello world!” |
Logical Operators | Conditional statements (True, False). |
Relational Operators | < (less than), > (greater than), = (equals) |
Arithmetic Operators | The same ones you use in math class such as + (addition), – (subtraction), x (multiplication), and ÷ (division). |
Debugging | To identify errors or bugs in computer hardware or programs and fix them. |