computer science

• flowchart symbol:


  diamond-desicion has yes or no on it

  oval-start/end

  arrows-connector between representative shapes

  parralelogram-input/output

  rectangle-a process
• algorithm


  a set of instructions that a computer follows to solve a problem or peform a task
• flowchart


  a diagram that shows the steps in a computer algorithm
• pseudocode


  a way to describe the steps of a computer progam or algorithm in a readable natural language
• when are conditional statements used


  when different actions are needed to be performed based on different values of user input
• when are loop statements used


  to perform a part of the algorithm multiple times
• what is a variable


  a location in memory in which you can temporarily store data
• what is a progam

  a set of precise instructions
• what is syntax


  specific language rule that a progam has to follow