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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A type of software application designed to run on a mobile device, such as a smartphone or tablet computer. | mobile application (or app) |
| The writing of compound words (like variable names, procedure names, and file names) by starting each word with a capital letter. | Camelcase |
| A simulator that imitates a program or events. | Emulator |
| An ordered set of instructions that are used to carry out a task. | Algorithm |
| A diagram that represents an algorithm, work flow, or process, and uses geometric symbols connected by arrows to show the direction of the flow of action. | Flowchart |
| An approach to programming where the programmer adds and tests code in small chunks at a time to make sure it behaves the way they want it to, before adding more code. | incremental approach |
| A set of instructions that a computer executes to achieve a particular objective. | Program |
| A representative consumer for whom a hardware or software product is designed. | end user |
| The visual part of a computer app or operating system, through which an end user interacts with the computing device or software. | user interface (UI) |
| The layer of an app that the user sees and interacts with. | view layer |
| The layer of an app that contains the program that tells the app how to behave. | controller layer |
| An action or occurrence that happens during runtime that will trigger a response or behavior by the software. Examples of events include user-initiated events, such as clicking a button, or external events, such as the device receiving an SMS text message | Event |
| Type of computer programming where the program responds to an input (or trigger). | event-driven programming |
| In a program, an event that is triggered by user interaction with the user interface. | user-initiated event |
| The process of reducing complexity by hiding unnecessary details to | Abstraction |
| A command that performs different actions depending on whether a condition is true or false. | conditional statement |
| A form of mathematics in which an expression is reduced to either True or False. | Boolean logic |