Introduction to Computer
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, algorithm A list of steps to finish a task. A set of instructions performed with or without a
computer. For example, the collection of steps to make a peanut butter and jelly
sandwich is an algorithm.
analysis process of automatically analyzing the behavior of computer programs for things
like correctness, robustness, or safety
bandwidth a data transmission rate
BIOS Basic Input Output System - special firmware stored in a chip on your computer's
motherboard. First program that runs every time you turn on computer.
bitmap image represented as two-dimensional array of brightness values for pixels
Boolean of or relating to a combinatorial system devised by George Boole that combines
propositions with the logical operators AND and OR and IF THEN and EXCEPT and
NOT
cloaking a technique to deliver content on a Web page to a search engine in such a way that
different content than what is delivered to a regular human user appears on the
search engine. Goal is to boost a website's search engine rank on certain keywords
CMOS short for Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor; an on-board, battery
powered semiconductor chip inside computers that stores information. When you
make changes to your BIOS configuration, the settings are not stored on the BIOS
chip itself. Instead, they are stored on a CMOS.
coding creating commands or algorithms designed to be carried out by a computer
computational artifact anything created by a human using a computer - e.g. program, image, audio, video,
presentation, or web page file
computational thinking thought processes involved in formulating a problem and expressing its solution(s)
in such a way that a computer—human or machine—can effectively carry out
cyclical redundancy check a code added to data that is used to detect errors occurring during transmission,
storage, or retrieval
Science and Coding – Old
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, algorithm A list of steps to finish a task. A set of instructions performed with or without a
computer. For example, the collection of steps to make a peanut butter and jelly
sandwich is an algorithm.
analysis process of automatically analyzing the behavior of computer programs for things
like correctness, robustness, or safety
bandwidth a data transmission rate
BIOS Basic Input Output System - special firmware stored in a chip on your computer's
motherboard. First program that runs every time you turn on computer.
bitmap image represented as two-dimensional array of brightness values for pixels
Boolean of or relating to a combinatorial system devised by George Boole that combines
propositions with the logical operators AND and OR and IF THEN and EXCEPT and
NOT
cloaking a technique to deliver content on a Web page to a search engine in such a way that
different content than what is delivered to a regular human user appears on the
search engine. Goal is to boost a website's search engine rank on certain keywords
CMOS short for Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor; an on-board, battery
powered semiconductor chip inside computers that stores information. When you
make changes to your BIOS configuration, the settings are not stored on the BIOS
chip itself. Instead, they are stored on a CMOS.
coding creating commands or algorithms designed to be carried out by a computer
computational artifact anything created by a human using a computer - e.g. program, image, audio, video,
presentation, or web page file
computational thinking thought processes involved in formulating a problem and expressing its solution(s)
in such a way that a computer—human or machine—can effectively carry out
cyclical redundancy check a code added to data that is used to detect errors occurring during transmission,
storage, or retrieval
