Computational Thinking and Algorithms

Vocabulary flashcards covering the four building blocks of computational thinking, flowchart symbols, and the characteristics of good algorithms.

Pattern Recognition

The process of spotting similarities, trends, or repeats among and within problems to reuse existing solutions.

Abstraction

Focusing only on the details that matter for the problem at hand while hiding unnecessary internal complexity.

Algorithm

A finite, ordered sequence of clear steps that takes an input and produces an output to solve a specific problem.

Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi

The scholar whose Latinized name, Algoritmi, served as the origin for the English word algorithm.