Vocabulary
Weeks 1 & 2
Accountability - Responsibility to someone or for some action; the fact of being answerable to someone for something.
Collaborate - To work together, esp. in some literary, artistic, or scientific undertaking.
Expectation - A looking for as due, proper, or necessary.
Goal - An object or end that one strives to attain; aim.
Integrity - The quality or state of being of sound moral principle; uprightness, honesty, and sincerity.
Objective - Being the aim or goal.
Procedure - The act, method, or manner of proceeding in some action; esp., the sequence of steps to be followed.
Respect - To feel or show honor or esteem for; hold in high regard.
Blog - A journal or diary written for public viewing on a website and consisting typically of personal reflections, commentary on current events, etc. arranged chronologically.
Browser - Software designed to enable a user to access and display data that is on the World Wide Web.
Default - A preset choice, setting, etc. for automatic use as by a program when no other is specified by a user.
Link – A connection between documents on the internet.
Publish - To produce and issue (printed or electronic matter) for distribution and sale.
Website - A group of connected pages on the World Wide Web containing information on a particular subject.
Weeks 3 & 4
Algorithm – A list of instructions used to solve a problem.
Boolean - Operators such as AND, OR, NOT, and XOR.
Conditional Statement - A statement performed if true or false.
Debug – Finding and removing errors.
Event Handler - A routine that is used to handle the event.
Glitch - An issue with a program caused by a mistake in the programming.
Jan - Feb Engineering Terms
Design Process - A design process generates a conceptual solution for a problem stated in the form of requirements.
Problem - A situation, matter, or person that presents perplexity or difficulty.
Concept - A general idea derived or inferred from specific instances or occurrences.
Brainstorming - A method of shared problem solving in which all members of a group spontaneously contribute ideas.
Generate - To produce (a program) by instructing a computer to follow given parameters with a skeleton program.
Research - Scholarly or scientific investigation or inquiry.
Iterate - To say or perform again; repeat.
Solution - The method or process of solving a problem.
Construct - To form by assembling or combining parts; build.
Test - A procedure for critical evaluation; a means of determining the presence, quality, or truth of something; a trial.
Prototype - An original, full-scale, and usually working model of a new product or new version of an existing product.
Evaluate - To ascertain or fix the value or worth of.
Weeks 9 & 10 - GameMaker Terms
Actions - Something that happens in response to an event. Examples, setting a score, playing a sound etc.
Backgrounds - Colors or large images that are used as foregrounds for the rooms In which the game takes place.
Executable File - A game file that you can run on any computer without having the program the game was made with.
GML - Programming language built into game maker.
Instances - A ___ for an object.
Objects - Entities on the game that do things.
Rooms - Levels in which the game takes place.
Variables - Memory locations that store information.
March Engineering Terms
Oscillate - To swing back and forth.
Right Triangle - A triangle that has a right angle (a right angle is 90 degrees).
Icon - A symbol for a program.
Sketch - A basic drawing of a concept.
Annotate - A side note or comment to explain something.
April Engineering Terms
Fuel Cell - A cell that produces an electrical current from a chemical reaction.
Incinerate - To destroy something by burning it.
Limitation - A restriction.
Offset - The distance something is out of line.
Packet - A container or box that carries data over a TCP/IP network.
Pneumatic - Something operated by air or gas. For example, a car engine.
Recycle - To convert trash into materials that can be reused.
Specifications - Describing something precisely.
Tangent - A straight line that touches a curved surface at a point.
Work - A force that moves an object in a certain direction.
Accountability - Responsibility to someone or for some action; the fact of being answerable to someone for something.
Collaborate - To work together, esp. in some literary, artistic, or scientific undertaking.
Expectation - A looking for as due, proper, or necessary.
Goal - An object or end that one strives to attain; aim.
Integrity - The quality or state of being of sound moral principle; uprightness, honesty, and sincerity.
Objective - Being the aim or goal.
Procedure - The act, method, or manner of proceeding in some action; esp., the sequence of steps to be followed.
Respect - To feel or show honor or esteem for; hold in high regard.
Blog - A journal or diary written for public viewing on a website and consisting typically of personal reflections, commentary on current events, etc. arranged chronologically.
Browser - Software designed to enable a user to access and display data that is on the World Wide Web.
Default - A preset choice, setting, etc. for automatic use as by a program when no other is specified by a user.
Link – A connection between documents on the internet.
Publish - To produce and issue (printed or electronic matter) for distribution and sale.
Website - A group of connected pages on the World Wide Web containing information on a particular subject.
Weeks 3 & 4
Algorithm – A list of instructions used to solve a problem.
Boolean - Operators such as AND, OR, NOT, and XOR.
Conditional Statement - A statement performed if true or false.
Debug – Finding and removing errors.
Event Handler - A routine that is used to handle the event.
Glitch - An issue with a program caused by a mistake in the programming.
Jan - Feb Engineering Terms
Design Process - A design process generates a conceptual solution for a problem stated in the form of requirements.
Problem - A situation, matter, or person that presents perplexity or difficulty.
Concept - A general idea derived or inferred from specific instances or occurrences.
Brainstorming - A method of shared problem solving in which all members of a group spontaneously contribute ideas.
Generate - To produce (a program) by instructing a computer to follow given parameters with a skeleton program.
Research - Scholarly or scientific investigation or inquiry.
Iterate - To say or perform again; repeat.
Solution - The method or process of solving a problem.
Construct - To form by assembling or combining parts; build.
Test - A procedure for critical evaluation; a means of determining the presence, quality, or truth of something; a trial.
Prototype - An original, full-scale, and usually working model of a new product or new version of an existing product.
Evaluate - To ascertain or fix the value or worth of.
Weeks 9 & 10 - GameMaker Terms
Actions - Something that happens in response to an event. Examples, setting a score, playing a sound etc.
Backgrounds - Colors or large images that are used as foregrounds for the rooms In which the game takes place.
Executable File - A game file that you can run on any computer without having the program the game was made with.
GML - Programming language built into game maker.
Instances - A ___ for an object.
Objects - Entities on the game that do things.
Rooms - Levels in which the game takes place.
Variables - Memory locations that store information.
March Engineering Terms
Oscillate - To swing back and forth.
Right Triangle - A triangle that has a right angle (a right angle is 90 degrees).
Icon - A symbol for a program.
Sketch - A basic drawing of a concept.
Annotate - A side note or comment to explain something.
April Engineering Terms
Fuel Cell - A cell that produces an electrical current from a chemical reaction.
Incinerate - To destroy something by burning it.
Limitation - A restriction.
Offset - The distance something is out of line.
Packet - A container or box that carries data over a TCP/IP network.
Pneumatic - Something operated by air or gas. For example, a car engine.
Recycle - To convert trash into materials that can be reused.
Specifications - Describing something precisely.
Tangent - A straight line that touches a curved surface at a point.
Work - A force that moves an object in a certain direction.