Computer science terms

• Print

  The print function prints the specified message

  to the screen, or other standard output device
• Input

  A function that takes an input (number, character or string) and stores that input value to a particular identifier
• Variable

  An abstract storage location paired with an associated symbolic name, which contains some known or unknown quantity of data or object referred to as a value
• Concatenation

  A process of combining two or more strings into a single larger string
• String

  A sequence of characters, either as a literal constant or as some kind of variable
• Selection

  Code that is executed only when a certain condition is satisfied
• Repetition

  Lines of code that will be run multiple times
• Casting

  A process that converts a variable's data type into another data type
• Error Checking

  A process at ensuring and improving data retrieval reliability
• Subroutines

  Small blocks of code in a modular program designed to perform a particular task
• Library

  Inbuilt functions that are located in a common location, known as the library.
• Arrays


  A data structure consisting of elements, of same memory size, each identified by at least one array index or key
• I/O (Input/Output)


  Any operation, program or device that transfers data to or from a computer
• Recursion

  A method of solving a computational problem where the solution depends on solutions to smaller instances of the same problem
• Polymorphism


  The use of a single symbol to represent multiple different types
• Debugger

  A software tool that can help the software development process by identifying coding errors at various stages of the operating system or application development
• OOP (Object-Oriented Programming)


  A style of programming characterized by the identification of classes of objects closely linked with the methods with which they are associated
• GUI (Graphical User Interface)


  A digital interface in which a user interacts with graphical components such as icons, buttons, and menus
• Graphics

  A technology that generates images on a computer screen.