Algorithm and flowcharts<3

• Flowchart labels

  
• Before designing an algorithm, it is important to first understand what the problem is
• Flowchart


  A diagram that shows a process, made up of boxes representing steps, decisions, inputs, and outputs
• Instruction

  A single action that can be performed by a computer processor
• Planning a program that asks people what the best subject they take is

  Flowchart representation
• Types of algorithms

  • Fundamentals of algorithms
  • Representing algorithms
• Algorithms


  Step-by-step plans for solving problems
• Algorithms

  • Can be designed using pseudo-code and flowcharts
• Computational thinking


  Part of Computer Science involving problem-solving
• Pseudo-code


  A method of writing up a set of instructions for a computer program using plain English
• Flowcharts

  A diagram that shows the step-by-step flow of an algorithm
• Statements

  The smallest element of a programming language which expresses an action to be carried out
• Programming language


  A language used by a programmer to write a piece of software
• Language independent

  Describes an algorithm that can be translated into any programming language
• Programmers should be able to translate an algorithm into any programming language


  From Python to C++