# General flash cards: Novice level

17 General terms at the Novice level, as flash cards.

Updated: October 16, 2026

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## Terms in this deck

- [Algorithm](https://www.ask-codey.com/glossary/algorithm): A set of instructions  designed to solve a specific problem.
- [All Caps](https://www.ask-codey.com/glossary/all-caps): All letters are capitalized, and each word is separated by an underscore.
- [Boolean](https://www.ask-codey.com/glossary/boolean): A boolean is a datatype that can only be either true or false.
- [Camel Case](https://www.ask-codey.com/glossary/camel-case): First letter is lower case, each additional word begins with an upper case letter.
- [Code Block](https://www.ask-codey.com/glossary/code-block): Several lines of code grouped to work together.
- [Expression](https://www.ask-codey.com/glossary/expression): A small piece of code that, when executed, produces a value.
- [Float](https://www.ask-codey.com/glossary/floats): A data type that is a number that can  store numbers with decimal places.
- [Hungarian Notation](https://www.ask-codey.com/glossary/hungarian-notation): The variable name has a prefix that indicates the data type of the variable. It follows camelCase rules.
- [Integer](https://www.ask-codey.com/glossary/integer): Any whole number that can be positive or negative.
- [Keyword](https://www.ask-codey.com/glossary/keyword): A keyword is a word that is reserved by a programming language.
- [Lower Case](https://www.ask-codey.com/glossary/lower-case): All letters of the variable name are lower case.
- [Naming Conventions](https://www.ask-codey.com/glossary/naming-conventions): A rule or standard for how variables are named in a programing language.
- [Operator](https://www.ask-codey.com/glossary/operators): A meaningful symbol that  performs the action in an expression
- [Pascal Case](https://www.ask-codey.com/glossary/pascal-case): First letter of each word is upper case.
- [Statement](https://www.ask-codey.com/glossary/statement): A line of code that contains one or more expressions.
- [Syntax](https://www.ask-codey.com/glossary/syntax-software-development): The rules that describe how code or markup must be written.
- [Underscore Prefix](https://www.ask-codey.com/glossary/underscore-prefix): The variable name begins with an underscore. It is commonly paired with camelCase.

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