Managing complexity by "abstracting away" information and detail, in order to focus on the relevant concepts.
A programming language is any set of rules that converts strings, or graphical program elements in the case of visual programming languages, to various kinds of machine code output.
An algorithm is a set of steps or rules to follow to solve a particular problem.
A set of instructions written in a programming language that can be executed by a computer
Traditionally the very first program you write when learning a programming language, a program that prints "Hello world" to the user.
JavaScript function that prints out a line to the user
Declaring a variable is defining it for the first time.
Initializing a variable is giving it an initial value.
Assigning to a variable is updating the variable's value
Arithmetic operators include + addition, - subtraction, * multiplication, / division, and % modulus. These operators are used to perform basic mathematical tasks.
A coordinate system uses numbers as coordinates to place objects in a geometric space.
The variables that are attached to the object.
An event is an action (such as clicking the mouse or pressing a key on the keyboard) that a program detects and uses as input.
A function passed as a parameter to another function in order to be called later.
`lowerCamelCase` is a naming convention where the first letter is lower case, and each subsequent start of a word is upper case.
Defining a function means to teach the computer a new command and explain what it should do when receiving that command.
A person or device that makes calculations, stores data, and executes instructions according to a program.
JavaScript function that returns the width of the graphics canvas
JavaScript function that returns the height of the graphics canvas
The study of computational thinking, the thinking humans need to in order to describe a step by step process to a computer.
A general term in programming that refers to the flow of information into and out of a program
