OCR Computer Science Unit 2 Mixup

Easily forgotten terms

Sequence

Programming construct that means statements are executed chronologically. This is important because the wrong order leads to errors.

Selection

Process of making a decision, the result of this decides which path the program will take next. Example - If and Else conditions

Iteration

Process when a program repeats certain steps until told otherwise/a condition has been met.

Character Set

List of characters that are recognised and can be stored in a computer system, example - ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange), UNICODE