Python (1)
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Created by:
DanielClarke on August 14, 2009
Subjects:
computer programming, how to think like a computer scientist
Classes:
Hackbright Interview Prep, RHS Computer Programming, voiloviolo study
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25 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 algorithm | A general process for solving a category of problems. |
| bug | An error in a program. |
| compile | To translate a program written in a high-level language into a low-level language all at once, in preparation for later execution. |
| debugging | The process of finding and removing any of the three kinds of programming errors. |
| exception | Another name for a runtime error. |
| executable | Another name for object code that is ready to be executed. |
| formal language | Any one of the languages that people have designed for specific purposes, such as representing mathematical ideas or computer programs. |
| high-level language | A programming language like Python that is designed to be easy for humans to read and write. |
| interpret | To execute a program in a high-level language by translating it one line at a time. |
| low-level language | A programming language that is designed to be easy for a computer to execute; also called "machine language" or "assembly language." |
| natural language | Any one of the languages that people speak that evolved naturally. |
| object code | The output of the compiler after it translates the program. |
| parse | To examine a program and analyze the syntactic structure. |
| portability | A property of a program that can run on more than one kind of computer. |
| print statement | An instruction that causes the Python interpreter to display a value on the screen. |
| problem solving | The process of formulating a problem, finding a solution, and expressing the solution. |
| program | A set of instructions that specifies a computation. |
| runtime error | An error that does not occur until the program has started to execute but that prevents the program from continuing. |
| script | A program stored in a file (usually one that will be interpreted). |
| semantic error | An error in a program that makes it do something other than what the programmer intended. |
| semantics | The meaning of a program. |
| source code | A program in a high-level language before being compiled. |
| syntax | The structure of a program. |
| syntax error | An error in a program that makes it impossible to parse (and therefore impossible to interpret). |
| token | One of the basic elements of the syntactic structure of a program, analogous to a word in a natural language. |
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