Glossary of Programming Terms

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Form Five Glossary of Problem Solving and Programming Terms: 1. Low-level language 2. High-level language 3. First-generation language 4. Second-generation language 5. Third-generation language 6. Fourth-generation language 7. Fifth-generation language 8. Source code 9. Object code 10. Compile 11. Compiler 12. Linking 13. Executing 14. Program Maintenance 15. Testing 16. Debugging 17. Syntax error 18. Logic error 19. Run-time errors 20. Dry run 21. Test data 22. External documentation 23. Internal documentation 24. Array 25. Variable 26. Constant 27. Control structure 28. Loop 29. Conditional branching 30. Literal 31. Trace table 32. Write 33. Writeln 34. Pseudocode 35. Algorithm 36. Flow chart 37. Data type 38. Comment 39. Integers 40. Real numbers 41. Characters

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Form Five Glossary of Problem Solving and Programming Terms:

1. Low-level language

2. High-level language

3. First-generation language

4. Second-generation language

5. Third-generation language

6. Fourth-generation language

7. Fifth-generation language

8. Source code

9. Object code

10. Compile

11. Compiler

12. Linking

13. Executing

14. Program Maintenance

15. Testing

16. Debugging

17. Syntax error

18. Logic error

19. Run-time errors

20. Dry run

21. Test data

22. External documentation

23. Internal documentation

24. Array

25. Variable

26. Constant

27. Control structure

28. Loop

29. Conditional branching

30. Literal

31. Trace table

32. Write

33. Writeln

34. Pseudocode

35. Algorithm

36. Flow chart

37. Data type

38. Comment

39. Integers

40. Real numbers

41. Characters

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42. String

43. Declaration

44. Program header

45. Program body

46. Identifier

47. Assignment

48. Traversal (of an array)

49. Operators

50. Boolean operators

51. Logical operators

52. Counter

53. Terminator

54. Accumulator

55. Subscript

56. IPO chart

57. Readln

58. ;

59. .

60. :=

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Please not that this list is not exhaustive, and feel free to add at will