AP CSP: Unit 4 - Variables, Conditionals, and Functions

Terms from Unit 4 of AP CSP. Keep in mind that these vocabs are based on the course vocabulary list from Code.org.

Expression

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

Assignment Operator

allows a program to change the value represented by a variable

Variable

a named reference to a value that can be used repeatedly throughout a program

String

an ordered sequence of characters

Boolean Value

a data type that is either true or false

Comparison Operator

<, >, <=, >=, ==, != indicate a Boolean expression

Logical Operator

NOT, AND, and OR, which evaluate to a Boolean value

Conditional Statement

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

Function

a named group of programming instructions. Also referred to as a “procedure”

Function Call

a command that executes the code within a function