Programming Vocabulary

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Computer Program: a series of steps a computer can follow

Coding: writing instructions in a programming language

Code: lines of program instructions

Algorithm: step by step ordered instructions

Function: mini program within the code

Loop: repeat a section of code

Iterating: testing and fixing the code so it works

Bug: a problem in the code

Conditional Statements: when the program looks at an unknown value and does different things depending on what it is