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Vocab
Question | Answer |
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Automate | To make something happen automatically (without help from people) |
Computer Science | The art of blending human ideas and digital tools to increase problem solving power |
Computer Scientist | A person who is skilled at modifying problems for digital solutions |
Data | Information, including: facts, samples, names and numbers |
Environment | — The world we live in |
Interface | The way something allows you to connect with it |
Open Source | Software that is created for free use by everyone |
Programming | Writing instructions for a digital tool |
Simulation | —Pretending to be (a stand-in for) the real thing |
Computational Thinking | A method of problem-solving that helps computer scientists prepare problems for digital solutions |
Abstraction | Removing details from a solution so that it can work for many problems |
Algorithm | A list of steps that allow you to complete a task |
Decompose | To break a hard problem up into smaller, easier ones |
Pattern | A theme that is repeated many times |
Program | Instructions that can be understood and followed by a machine |