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WGU C173 Version 3 Language Agnostic
1.input: A program gets data, perhaps from a file, keyboard,
touchscreen, network, etc.
2.process: A program performs computations on that data, such as
adding two values like x + y.
3.Output: A program puts that data somewhere, such as to a file,
screen, network, etc.
4.variable: Used by programs to refer to data. It is a named item, used
to hold a value.
5.flowchart: A graphical language for creating computer programs. 1 / 2
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6.Program: A list of statements, each statement carrying out some
action and executing one at a time.
7.Run, execute: Words for carrying out a program's statements.
8.String literal: Text (characters) within double quotes.
9.Characters: Any letter (a-z, A-Z), digit (0-9), or symbol (~, !, @, etc.).
10.newline: Special two-character sequence \n whose appearance in
an output string literal causes the cursor to move to the next output line.
11.comment: Text a programmer adds to a program, to be read by
humans (other programmers), but ignored by the program when executing.
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