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CSIM 2 Vocab Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Accelerometer | An instrument used to measure acceleration -- which is the rate at which an object speeds up, slows down, or change his direction. |
| Actuator | A type of motor or servo that is responsible for moving or controlling a mechanism or components. |
| Analog (data) | Data that ranges on a continuous scale (like: heat, or electricalvoltage), as opposed to digital data which is binary (yes/no; true/false; or 1/0). |
| Anomaly | Something unexpected that happens while a program is running. |
| Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) antenna | An antenna used to create a personal area network that uses low energy to power Bluetooth wireless technology. |
| Boolean | A type of data in computing that only two possible values (yes/no; 1/0; etc.) that a logical (if/then/else) expression evaluates to. Widely using programming to evaluate conditional ... |
| Compass | An instrument used for determining direction. |
| Computation | Any type of calculation that falls a well-defined process like an algorithm. |
| Conditional Statement | A command that performs different action depending whether a condition is true or false. |
| Data Packet | A method of transferring data by breaking into small chunks called packets. |
| Digital (data) | Data represented in a binary format -- it is one thing or the other like: yes/no; true/false; 0/1 as opposed to analog data with has a wide range of values. |
| Driver (pair programming) | The person who writes the code in a computer program when to programmers are working together. |
| Emulator | A simulator that imitates a program or events. |
| Event Handler | A block of code that is triggered when a certain event (like pressing a button, or sensing a particular value) happens. |
| Input | Something put into a system, such as resources, information, or signals in order to achieve the result. |