Unit 3 Flashcards

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LOAD

LOAD

An operation that retrieves data from memory.

ADD

An operation that sums two values together.

STORE

An operation that saves data to a specific location in memory.

COMPARE

An operation that assesses the relationship between two values.

Low-level languages

Programming languages that provide little abstraction from a computer's instruction set architecture.

Higher-level languages

Programming languages that are more abstract, easier for humans to read and write.

Variables

Named storage locations in programming that can hold different values.

Constants

Fixed values that do not change during the execution of a program.

Operators

Symbols that perform operations on variables and values.

Algorithm

A set of instructions or procedures for solving a problem.

input

Data that is fed into a program for processing.

output

Data produced by a program after processing.

=

An assignment operator used to assign a value to a variable.

==

A comparison operator that checks if two values are equal.

plus (+)

An arithmetic operator that adds two operands.

increment (++)

An operator that increases an integer value by one.

minus (-)

An arithmetic operator that subtracts one operand from another.

decrement (--)

An operator that decreases an integer value by one.

multiply (*)

An arithmetic operator that multiplies two values.

divide (/)

An arithmetic operator that divides one operand by another.

div

An operator that performs integer division.

% (modulus)

An operator that gives the remainder of a division operation.

, (comma)

A punctuation mark used to separate values in a list.

A comparison operator that checks if the left operand is greater than the right operand.

= (greater than or equal to)

A comparison operator that checks if the left operand is greater than or equal to the right operand.

<

A comparison operator that checks if the left operand is less than the right operand.

<= (less than or equal to)

A comparison operator that checks if the left operand is less than or equal to the right operand.

<> (not equal to)

A comparison operator that checks if two values are not equal.

!= (not equal to)

An alternate comparison operator that checks if two values are not equal.