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- {
- "glossary": {
- "abstraction": "A simplified representation of something more complex.",
- "algorithm": "A list of steps to finish a task.",
- "binary": "A way of representing information using only two options.",
- "binary alphabet": "The two options used in your binary code.",
- "bug": "An error in a program that prevents the program from running as expected.",
- "byte": "The most common fundamental unit of digital data eg. Kilobyte, Megabyte, etc. A single byte is 8 bits-worth of data.",
- "code": "The language that programmers create and use to tell a computer what to do.",
- "command": "An instruction for the computer. Many commands put together make up algorithms and computer programs.",
- "computer science": "Using the power of computers to solve problems.",
- "conditionals": "Statements that only run under certain conditions.",
- "crowdsourcing": "Getting help from a large group of people to finish something faster.",
- "data": "Information. Often, quantities, characters, or symbols that are the inputs and outputs of computer programs.",
- "debugging": "Finding and fixing problems in an algorithm or program.",
- "decompose": "Break a problem down into smaller pieces.",
- "digital footprint": "The information about someone on the Internet.",
- "DNS (domain name service)": "The service that translates URLs to IP addresses.",
- "event": "An action that causes something to happen.",
- "fiber optic cable": "A connection that uses light to transmit information.",
- "for loop": "A loop with a predetermined beginning, end, and increment (step interval).",
- "frustrated": "Feeling annoyed or angry because something is not the way you want it.",
- "function": "A piece of code that you can easily call over and over again.",
- "input": "A way to give information to a computer.",
- "Internet": "A group of computers and servers that are connected to each other.",
- "IP address": "A number assigned to any item that is connected to the Internet.",
- "iteration": "A repetitive action or command typically created with programming loops.",
- "loop": "The action of doing something over and over again.",
- "online": "Connected to the Internet.",
- "output": "A way to get information out of a computer.",
- "packets": "Small chunks of information that have been carefully formed from larger chunks of information.",
- "pattern matching": "Finding similarities between things.",
- "Parameter": "An extra piece of information passed to a function to customize it for a specific need.",
- "persistence": "Trying again and again, even when something is very hard.",
- "program": "An algorithm that has been coded into something that can be run by a machine."
- }
- }
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