{
 "source": "https://peabody.kids/flashcards/tech-coding-vocabulary",
 "id": "tech-coding-vocabulary",
 "title": "Coding Vocabulary",
 "category": "technology",
 "subject": "Programming",
 "levels": [
  "3-5",
  "6-8",
  "9-12",
  "adult"
 ],
 "description": "Core programming words used in any language.",
 "tags": [
  "coding",
  "programming",
  "vocabulary"
 ],
 "frontLabel": "Term",
 "backLabel": "Meaning",
 "cards": [
  [
   "Algorithm",
   "A step-by-step set of instructions to solve a problem"
  ],
  [
   "Program",
   "A set of instructions a computer follows"
  ],
  [
   "Code",
   "Instructions written in a programming language"
  ],
  [
   "Programming language",
   "A language for telling computers what to do"
  ],
  [
   "Programmer (developer)",
   "A person who writes code"
  ],
  [
   "Source code",
   "Human-readable code a programmer writes"
  ],
  [
   "Compiler",
   "Translates a whole program into machine code before running"
  ],
  [
   "Interpreter",
   "Reads and runs code line by line"
  ],
  [
   "Syntax",
   "The grammar rules of a language"
  ],
  [
   "Syntax error",
   "A mistake in following those rules"
  ],
  [
   "Bug",
   "An error in a program"
  ],
  [
   "Debugging",
   "Finding and fixing bugs"
  ],
  [
   "Logic error",
   "Code that runs but gives the wrong result"
  ],
  [
   "Runtime error",
   "An error that occurs while the program runs"
  ],
  [
   "Variable",
   "A named container that stores a value"
  ],
  [
   "Constant",
   "A value that does not change"
  ],
  [
   "Data type",
   "The kind of value, like number or text"
  ],
  [
   "Integer",
   "A whole number"
  ],
  [
   "Float",
   "A number with a decimal point"
  ],
  [
   "String",
   "Text in quotation marks"
  ],
  [
   "Boolean",
   "A value that is true or false"
  ],
  [
   "Array (list)",
   "An ordered collection of items"
  ],
  [
   "Dictionary (object, map)",
   "A collection of key-value pairs"
  ],
  [
   "Operator",
   "A symbol that does something with values, like + or =="
  ],
  [
   "Expression",
   "Code that produces a value"
  ],
  [
   "Statement",
   "A single instruction"
  ],
  [
   "Assignment",
   "Storing a value in a variable"
  ],
  [
   "Comparison",
   "Checking how values relate, such as equal or greater than"
  ],
  [
   "Conditional",
   "Code that runs only if a condition is true"
  ],
  [
   "If statement",
   "Runs code when a condition is true"
  ],
  [
   "Else",
   "Runs code when the if condition is false"
  ],
  [
   "Loop",
   "Code that repeats"
  ],
  [
   "For loop",
   "Repeats a set number of times or through a collection"
  ],
  [
   "While loop",
   "Repeats while a condition is true"
  ],
  [
   "Infinite loop",
   "A loop that never ends"
  ],
  [
   "Iteration",
   "One pass through a loop"
  ],
  [
   "Function",
   "A reusable block of code with a name"
  ],
  [
   "Parameter",
   "A variable named in a function definition"
  ],
  [
   "Argument",
   "The actual value passed into a function"
  ],
  [
   "Return value",
   "The result a function gives back"
  ],
  [
   "Call a function",
   "Run it"
  ],
  [
   "Scope",
   "Where in the code a variable can be used"
  ],
  [
   "Global variable",
   "A variable accessible everywhere"
  ],
  [
   "Local variable",
   "A variable accessible only inside its function"
  ],
  [
   "Recursion",
   "A function that calls itself"
  ],
  [
   "Base case",
   "The stopping condition of a recursive function"
  ],
  [
   "Object",
   "A bundle of data and functions"
  ],
  [
   "Class",
   "A blueprint for creating objects"
  ],
  [
   "Method",
   "A function that belongs to an object"
  ],
  [
   "Property (attribute)",
   "A value that belongs to an object"
  ],
  [
   "Inheritance",
   "A class gets features from another class"
  ],
  [
   "Encapsulation",
   "Keeping data and methods together and hiding details"
  ],
  [
   "Polymorphism",
   "Different objects responding to the same call in their own way"
  ],
  [
   "Library",
   "Reusable code written by others"
  ],
  [
   "Framework",
   "A structure of code that guides how you build apps"
  ],
  [
   "API",
   "Application programming interface: rules for programs to talk to each other"
  ],
  [
   "Module",
   "A file of code that can be imported"
  ],
  [
   "Package",
   "A bundle of modules"
  ],
  [
   "Comment",
   "A note in code ignored by the computer"
  ],
  [
   "Indentation",
   "Spaces at the start of a line showing structure"
  ],
  [
   "Input",
   "Data given to a program"
  ],
  [
   "Output",
   "Data a program produces"
  ],
  [
   "Event",
   "An action like a click that a program responds to"
  ],
  [
   "Pseudocode",
   "Plain-language outline of code"
  ],
  [
   "Flowchart",
   "A diagram showing the steps of an algorithm"
  ],
  [
   "Sequence",
   "Steps run in order"
  ],
  [
   "Selection",
   "Choosing which code runs based on a condition"
  ],
  [
   "Decomposition",
   "Breaking a big problem into smaller parts"
  ],
  [
   "Abstraction",
   "Hiding details to focus on what matters"
  ],
  [
   "Pattern recognition",
   "Spotting similarities to solve problems"
  ],
  [
   "Computational thinking",
   "Problem solving with decomposition, patterns, abstraction and algorithms"
  ],
  [
   "IDE",
   "Integrated development environment, a code editor with tools"
  ],
  [
   "Version control",
   "A system that tracks changes to code"
  ],
  [
   "Open source",
   "Software whose code anyone can view and use"
  ],
  [
   "Ada Lovelace",
   "Wrote what many call the first computer program, in 1843"
  ]
 ]
}