General glossary: Novice level
17 General terms at the Novice level, each with a short definition and a link to its full page.
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- Algorithm
- A set of instructions designed to solve a specific problem.
- All Caps
- All letters are capitalized, and each word is separated by an underscore.
- Boolean
- A boolean is a datatype that can only be either true or false.
- Camel Case
- First letter is lower case, each additional word begins with an upper case letter.
- Code Block
- Several lines of code grouped to work together.
- Expression
- A small piece of code that, when executed, produces a value.
- Float
- A data type that is a number that can store numbers with decimal places.
- Hungarian Notation
- The variable name has a prefix that indicates the data type of the variable. It follows camelCase rules.
- Integer
- Any whole number that can be positive or negative.
- Keyword
- A keyword is a word that is reserved by a programming language.
- Lower Case
- All letters of the variable name are lower case.
- Naming Conventions
- A rule or standard for how variables are named in a programing language.
- Operator
- A meaningful symbol that performs the action in an expression
- Pascal Case
- First letter of each word is upper case.
- Statement
- A line of code that contains one or more expressions.
- Syntax
- The rules that describe how code or markup must be written.
- Underscore Prefix
- The variable name begins with an underscore. It is commonly paired with camelCase.