codio unit 2

pair programming

a common model of programming that facilitates collaboration

program

a collection of program statements that performs a specific task when run by a computer. A program is often referred to as software

code segment

a collection of program statements that are part of a program

behavior of a program

how a program functions during execution and is often described by how a user interacts with it

event

associated with an action and supplies input data to a program

program documentation

a written description of the function of a code segment

comments

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

iterative development process

a development process that requires refinement and revision based on feedback

incremental development process

a development process that breaks the problem into smaller pieces and makes sure each piece works before adding it to the whole

program inputs

data sent to a computer for processing by a program. Input can come in a variety of forms

program outputs

any data sent from a program to a device. Program output can come in a variety of forms

variable

an abstraction inside a program that can hold a value. Each variable has associated data storage that represents one value at a time

conditional statements

or "if-statements"

Boolean value

either true or false

nested conditional statements

consist of conditional statements within conditional statements

iteration statements

code statements that change the sequential flow of control by repeating a set of statements zero or more times

procedure

a named group of programming instructions that may have parameters and return values

parameters

input variables of a procedure

arguments

specify the values of the parameters when a procedure is called