Stack #2807592 Word Scramble

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User Interface (UI)	The "User Interface" or UI of an app refers to how a person (user) interacts with the computer or app.
UI Elements	objects, like buttons, images, text boxes, pull down menus, screens and so on.
UI Events	controls, like click, scroll, move mouse, type keyboard key, etc.
Event-driven program	a program designed to run blocks of code or functions in response to specified events (e.g. a mouse click)
Event handling	an overarching term for the coding tasks involved in making your app respond to events by triggering functions.
Event listener	a command (onEvent in App Lab) that can be set up to trigger a function when a particular type of event occurs on a particular UI element.
Callback function	a function specified as part of an event listener; it is written by the programmer but called by the system as the result of an event trigger.
Debugging	Finding and fixing problems in your code or algorithm
Variable	In JavaScript (and most programming languages) the most primitive type of memory you can use is called a variable. It's called a variable because it's a piece of memory in which you can change what's stored - its value can vary.
Expression	Any valid unit of code that resolves to a single value. (Variables can be assigned values that are the result of an expression.)
Data Type	All values in a programming language have a "type" - such as a Number, Boolean, or String - that dictates how the computer will interpret it. For example 7+5 is interpreted differently from "7"+"5"
Variable Scope	dictates what portions of the code can "see" or use a variable, typically derived from where the variable was first created.
String	Any sequence of characters between quotation marks (ex: "hello", "42", "this is a string!").
Concatenate	to link together or join. Typically used when joining together text Strings in programming (e.g. "Hello, "+name)
if Statement	The common programming structure that implements "conditional statements".
Conditionals	Another term for if statements -- statements that only run under certain conditions
Selection	A generic term for a type of programming statement (usually an if-statement) that uses a Boolean condition to determine, or select, whether or not to run a certain block of statements. Resources
Boolean	A single value of either TRUE or FALSE
Boolean Expression	in programming, an expression that evaluates to True or False.
while loop	a programming construct used to repeat a set of commands while a boolean condition is true.
Models and Simulations	a program which replicates or mimics key features of a real world event in order to investigate its behavior without the cost, time, or danger of running an experiment in real life
List	A generic term for a programming data structure that holds multiple items.
Array	A data structure in JavaScript used to represent a list.
Key event	an event triggered by pressing or releasing a key on the keyboard.
keyup	event type triggered when key is released on the keyboard
keydown	event type triggered when key is pressed down on the keyboard
event.key	Use event.key - from the event parameter of the onEvent callback function - to figure out which key was pressed.
for loop	A typical looping construct designed to make it easy to repeat a section of code using a counter variable. The for loop combines the creation of a variable, a boolean looping condition, and an update to the variable in one statement.
return	a command used to end execution of a function and resume execution at the point where the function was called.
Canvas	a user interface element to use in HTML/JavaScript which acts as a digital canvas, allowing the programmatic drawing and manipulation of pixels, basic shapes, figures and images.

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