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BP: Loops & BP: Functions

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loop
A ______ is an action that gets repeated over and over.
An infinite loop
__________ uses up more and more of the available memory, which eventually causes the program, or the whole computer, to crash.
A finite loop
_________ is an action that repeats a specific number of times.
syntax
Programing languages have different rules of "grammar" known as
while
One type of conditional finite loop is the __________ loop -- keep looping until [something].
function
In coding, a ___________ is a way to represent a list of steps with a single term.
variables
While __________ hold information, functions can hold lists of instructions.
functions
While variables hold information, __________ can hold lists of instructions.
declare
Just like with variables, you must __________ a function before trying to use it.
Douglas Engelbart
__________ led a team that developed the mouse and the GUI.
X-Y Tracking Device
The original name of the mouse was the
Graphical User Interface
GUI is an acronym for
mouse
Because a __________ moves a pointer or cursor in 2 dimensions, its original name was the "X-Y Tracking Device."
Cartesian
The X-Y coordinate system is also known as the __________ coordinate system, named for its inventor (René Descartes).
horizontal axis
In the Cartesian coordinate system (and on your computer screen), the X-axis is the
vertical axis
In the Cartesian coordinate system (and on your computer screen), the Y-axis is the
depth
When graphing in three dimensions, the Z-axis indicates
hypertext
Douglas Engelbart's research group also came up with the idea of __________, a way to interconnect documents even across the internet.
World Wide Web
Ideas developed under Engelbart's leadership (browsers, hypertext, mice, GUI's, etc.) eventually led to the invention of the
Uniform Resource Locators
Addresses for websites are known as URLs. What does URL stand for?
hypertext
Resources (text, pictures, videos, etc.) on the web are interlinked through the use of
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
Resources are transferred around the web using the
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
The "http" at the beginning of a URL stands for
World Wide Web
The "www" at the beginning of a web site address stands for
web browsers
Software programs designed to easily access websites on the web are called
Chrome
Name Google's popular web browser.
web browser
What type of software program is Mozilla Firefox?
Edge
Microsoft's current default web browser is named
Safari
Apple's default web browser is
Tim Berners-Lee
English scientist __________ invented the World Wide Web in 1989.
Hypertext Markup Language
The basic language web pages are written in is HTML. HTML stands for
Don't Repeat Yourself
DRY is a programming acronym standing for
DRY
The idea behind the __________ principal in programming is to keep code as simple and unrepetitive as possible.
repetitive code
If I tell you to DRY your code, I'm telling you to use loops, functions, etc. to reduce
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