Unit 1 Vocabulary

1. Detailed outline or rough draft of a program. natural language and code.
3. A text-based programming language that uses letters, numbers, and symbols. It's one of the most popular programming languages in the world
5. Long-term memory even when the computer is turned off.
8. Brainstorm several possible creative solutions
9. A coding editor in Code Connection that lets you code with two programming languages: Block or JavaScript.
11. empathize, define, ideate, prototype, test
13. Where you will build your programs
15. A framework for identifying problems, designing solutions, testing and refining
19. Part of a program that runs when a specific event happens
21. Something that happens outside a program that the program can respond to (like a screen tap or mouse click)
22. This is a chip inside the computer and it's how the computer transforms information
23. Shows what your program will look like running on a micro:bit
24. Learning more about your target audience
25. how a computer displays or communicates information
26. Test your prototype solutions

2. A set of instructions that a computer can follow.
4. 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.
6. Short-term memory that disappears when the computer is turned off.
7. A handheld microcomputer with many inputs and outputs.
10. A set of (often repeated) steps used to solve a problem
12. A self-contained set of instructions for performing a specific task within a computer program.
14. Construct rough drafts or sketches of your ideas
16. How the computer remembers things
17. How a computer takes in information from the world (keyboard, mouse, touchscreen)
18. Understand and identify your audience's problems or needs
20. random access memory