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CSP - Section 1

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variable   a name associated with computer memory that can hold a value and that value can change or vary  
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string   sequences of characters between single, double, or triple quotes  
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comment   The part of any line that starts with a # character; computer ignores everything from the # character to the end of the line; explain what we’re doing in the programs and are intended to be read by people, not computers  
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pixel   one small part (element) of a picture  
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screen layout   on grid from left to right(horizontal) and top to bottom(vertical)  
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top left corner   (0,0)  
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the way y increases on an image   top to bottom  
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the way x increases on an image   left to right  
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code   a set of instructions that a computer can understand; sometimes called a program  
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dot-notation   how you ask an object to do something in Python  
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library   a group of programs that provides some functionality  
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arithmetic expression   contains a mathematical operator like - for subtraction or * for multiplication.  
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assignment   means setting a variable’s value  
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assignment dyslexia   putting the variable name on the right and the value on the left ; not a legal statement  
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camel-case   when the first letter of each additional word is uppercased when you create variable names that have several words in them like firstName  
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integer division   when you divide one integer by another. In some languages this will only give you an integer result, but in Python 3 it returns a decimal value  
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mixed-case   mixed-case means using upper and lower case letters in a variable  
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modulo   remainder operator, %, returns the remainder after you divide one value by another  
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tracing   keeping track of the variables in the program and how their values change as the statements are executed  
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