Monday, October 10, 2011

TERM 4 DEFINITION

Algorithms
A process or set of rules to be followed in calculation or other problem-solving operations.

Pseudocode
A compact an informal high-level description of a computer programming algorithm that uses the structural convention. (Written in a technical way but cannot be interpreted by a computer but by humans.)

Machine Language
Designed for use on a specific class of computers.

High Level Computer Language
A problem oriented language that uses English-like statements and symbols to create sequences of computer instructions and identify memory locations, rather than the machine-specific individual instruction codes and numerical addresses employed by machine language. (A language understood by both computer and person)

Flowchart
A diagram of the sequence of operations in a computer program or an accounting system.

Sequence
A particular order in which related events, movements or things follow each other.

Selection
The action or fact of carefully choosing someone or something as being the best or most suitable.

Repetition
Repeat a sequence of steps until requirement is satisfied.

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