Alice Vocab List 3

Process Flow

A graphical representation of a process model that uses shapes to represent the actions in the model.

Algorithm

A list of actions to perform a task or solve a problem.

Scenario

A story that gives the animation a purpose.

Math Operators

Addition (+), subtraction (-), multiplication (*), and division (/).

Storyboard

Identifies the design specifications for the animation scenario. Two types are visual and textual.

Procedural Abstraction

The process of looking at programming code, identifying repetitive programming statements, and extracting them into their own methods in order to make the code easier to understand and reuse.

Arguments

Tells the computer program how to perform the procedure.

While Control Structure

Executes instructions repeatedly in a loop while a condition is true

Do Together

Executes procedures simultaneously.

If Control Structure

Executes the first set of instructions if a condition is true and the second set of instructions if a condition is false.

Functions

Answer questions about an object, such as its height, width, depth, and even its distance to another object.

Do In Order

Default control statement in Code editor that executes procedures in sequential order

Declared Procedures

Procedures that are created by the programmer.

Inheritance

When each subclass object receives the methods and properties of its superclass.