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Jermany Oliney
Vocabulary Homework
Term | Definition |
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Editor | the large window where you type your code |
Line number | the number at the beginning of each line |
Run | after we type in our code, we click the "Run" button to execute the program |
Output panel | shows the end result of a successful code |
Editor keys | a button that when clicked displays a list of shortcut keys |
Comments | begins w 2 dashes (--) and a space; they mark lines that are ignored by the computer; for comments w several lines use {-comments-} |
Definitions | have an equal sign separating the word that's being defined at the left of the equal sign from the right of the equal sign |
Key words | special words that are used to modify the way a computer program works (bold) (a) import - adds functionality by using a code (b) program - activates the line of the code (c) where - begins a block of code that can only be used in previous line above |
Identifies | names of variables or functions |
Operations | math symbols (+, -, *, /) |
Punctuation | - square bracket - ( ) used for types and arguments - , separate elements |
Literal data | includes numbers suck as 1 or text that's enclosed in dispute quotes |
Specification | a statement at the top of the input panel that specifies the purpose of the program |
Documentation | a description of all the available libraries for your reference |
Library | a collection of predefined functions |
Import statement | using the keyword import followed by the name of the library is important. once library is imported onto the code, the programmer can use any function defined in that library |
Hanging indent | formatting of a paragraph citation or definition for which all lines except the first are indented |
Header | the specification, name & date, and import statement |
Body | where the actual code is *must include program |
Type | a general classification of data that describes how it is intended to be used |
List | a collection of objects of the same types; contains square brackets and the items are separated by commas |
Empty list | a list with no objects inside [ ] |