Basic Programming Lingo

A program is also known as a

Sequence of instructions

Application

App

Binary

Executable

Programming text is also called

Source code

Programming code

Code listing

Source

Code

Running your program

Execute your program

Execute your code

Syntax errors

Errors in your code that break the rules of the language Spelling errors Capitalization errors Grammar errors Punctuation errors Spacing errors

What are the syntax errors in the following? i think that compooter science r0x

Semantic errors

Semantic ~ meaning

An error in logic

The program does not do what you wanted it to do

A program’s syntax may be ok, but have a semantic error

What is the semantic error in the following? “60% of the time it works every time”

Run-time errors

An error that occurs when the program is running

Duh.

Debug

Removing errors from your program

Where did the term “debug” come from?

http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/comphist/objects/bug.htm

Exercises

1. Write a sentence that has a syntax error, but no semantic error.

2. Write a sentence that has a semantic error, but no syntax error.

3. Describe what a program is to a 12-year old

4. Assume my program executes, but crashes in the middle and fails to do what I wanted it to do. What error(s) are there?