Homework 3 Vocab AP computer science

software development process

a structured methodology for designing, creating, testing, and maintaining software applications

software development process phases

phases include planning, requirement analysis, design, coding (implementation), testing, development, and maintenance

iterative development

a software development approach where a product is built and refined in repeated cycles, called iterations

incremental development

a software development approach where a complex system is built in smaller, manageable parts or increments

software design process

the phrase within the software development life cycle where developers translate user requirements into a detailed plan, or blueprint for how a software system will be built

sequencing; sequential statements

putting steps in an order

code statement

a command or instruction, also known as a program statement

expression

a combination of operators and values that evaluates to a single value

string concatenation

the operation of joining two or more character strings end-to-end to form a single, longer string. This process effectively appends one string to the end of another

substring

a contiguous sequence of characters within a longer string

boolean value

a data type that is either true or false

operand

a value or expression that is used to perform an operation

selection

deciding which steps to do next

conditional statements

affects the sequential flow of control by executing different statements based on the value of a boolean expression

nested conditional statements

the practice of placing one conditional statement inside another

iteration

a repetitive portion of an algorithm which repeats a specified number of times or until a given condition is met