Tuesday, 20 January 2015

Thing that was meant to be on PowToon but wasn't.

PowToon broke and deleted my work so this is the best I’ve got:

  • Syntax – The structure and rules of a programming language.
  • Overflow – When an integer is larger or smaller than what the computer can handle or display.
  • Strings – The data type used for text.
  • Erroneous – A piece of code which is broken, often due to a syntax error.
  • Variables – A label used to store a value or piece of data.
  • Logic/Logical – The logic used by a program, such as if statements and while loops to determine if something is True or not.
  • Run-time – What happens at the time the program compiles or runs.
  • Zero – A number with no real value, which also equates to False in programming. Also used as the starting index for lists and other things in programming.
  • Invalid – A data type being used incorrectly (for example, trying to add a string to an integer)
  • Validation – Ensures the data being used is fitting for its purpose (for example, if you made a program collecting people’s ages, you wouldn’t want to accept a string or Boolean value for an age)
  • Infinite Loops – When a condition is always True, the loop will repeat forever until the program is forcefully closed.
  • Extreme – A data value on the very edge of what can be deemed an acceptable value.