AP Comp Sci - Unit 1 Vocab Review

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Personally identifiable information (PII)

information about an individual that identifies, links, relates, or describes them.

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debugging

process of testing, finding problems, and fixing them

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list

an ordered set of items

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string

a sequence of characters (letters, digits, punctuation, etc.).

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substring

a piece of an existing string

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concatenation

to make a bigger string by connecting two or more smaller strings.

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algorithm

a finite set of instructions that accomplish a specific task.

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procedure

a named sequence of instructions that may take inputs and may report a value.

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cloud storage

a storage area that is located on a remote server, usually on the Internet, rather than on a local storage device

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sequencing

the application of each step of an algorithm in the order in which the statements are given

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iteration

the process of repetition

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program

a collection of statements that performs a specific task when run by a computer.

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infinite loop

a loop that repeats itself forever

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privacy

the right to be left alone or at least control the dissemination of personally identifiable information

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counter

a variable that is used to keep track of the number of repetitions in a loop

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argument

specifies the value of the parameter when a procedure is called.

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parameter

input variables of a procedure.

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documentation

written description of the function of a code segment, event, procedure, or program and how it was developed

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Pseudocode

an algorithm written in human language

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abstraction

the process of reducing complexity by focusing on the main idea.

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comments

a form of program documentation written into the program to be read by people and do not affect how a program runs.

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