Unit 1 & 2 Vocab

3. brainstorm several possible creative solutions
6. understand and identify your audience's problems or needs
9. where you will build your programs
11. how a computer displays or communicates information
14. a self contained set of instructions for performing a specific task within a computer program.
15. long-term memory even when the computer is turned off.
16. learning more about your target audience
20. shows what your program will look like running on a micro:bit
21. something that happens outside a program that the program can respond to (like a screen tap or mouse click)
22. A handheld microcomputer with many inputs and outputs.
23. this is a chip inside the computer and it's how the computer transforms information
25. coding A programming language found in editors—such as Microsoft MakeCode and Scratch—that uses different colored and shaped blocks that connect in a specific order to allow beginners to learn concepts without having to worry about syntax.

1. construct rough drafts or sketches of your ideas
2. A coding editor in Code Connection that lets you code with two programming languages: Block or JavaScript.
4. empathize, define, ideate, prototype, test
5. A framework for identifying problems, designing solutions, testing and refining
7. how a computer takes in information from the world (keyboard, mouse, touchscreen)
8. a set of (often repeated) steps used to solve a problem
10. short-term memory that disappears when the computer is turned off.
12. A set of instructions that a computer can follow.
13. A text-based programming language that uses letters, numbers, and symbols. It's one of the most popular programming languages in the world
17. detailed outline or rough draft of a program. natural language and code.
18. test your prototype solutions
19. part of a program that runs when a specific event happens
22. how the computer remembers things
24. Random access memory