CTE WOD PDF

Abate - v. to become less active, less intense, or less in amount Ex: As I began my speech, my feelings of nervousness quickly abated. Empathy - the ability to understand and share the feelings of another Ex: \"he has a total lack of empathy for anybody\" Format - 1. the shape, size, and general...

Abate - v. to become less active, less intense, or less in amount Ex: As I began my speech, my feelings of nervousness quickly abated. Empathy - the ability to understand and share the feelings of another Ex: \"he has a total lack of empathy for anybody\" Format - 1. the shape, size, and general makeup (as of something printed) 2. general plan of organization, arrangement, or choice of material (as for a television show) 3. a method of organizing data (as for storage) Ex: 1. The book is formatted in several different styles. 2. The journals are available in electronic format. Advocate - n. someone who promotes or defends something Ex: 1. I am an advocate for free higher education. 2. Environmental protesters often advocate for cleaner energy practices. Ribbon - The horizontal space at the top of the window that organizes commands on tabs, and then groups the commands by topic. It's where all your tabs and menus are. Ex: Use the home tab in the ribbon to change the font style of you document. Function - A function is a sequence of commands that can be reused together later in a program. Ex: Functions name the sequence of commands and dictate what code is executed. Functions also allow for separation of code, so we can easily use it again throughout a program. Ex: Programmers often say; Don't Repeat Yourself. You can think of this as an acronym to help you understand the purpose of functions: keep your code DRY! Hard Drive - a physical storage device that stores digital information, such as files, music, and videos Ex: There are two general types of hard drives: hard disk drives (HDD), which use one or more rotating discs and rely on magnetic storage, and solid-state drives (SSD), which have no moving mechanical parts, but use flash memory like the kind found in USB flash drives. Memory - the electronic component that stores data and instructions for a computer\'s processor to access quickly Ex: There are many types of computer memory, including RAM, ROM, cache memory, and virtual memory. Soft Copy - a legible version of a piece of data that is not printed on a physical medium, especially as stored or displayed on a computer. Ex: Soft copies example includes ebooks, pdf files, word documents, presentation files, scanned copy etc. Hard Copy - a printed version on paper of data held in a computer. Ex: Hard copies example includes books, official letters, notes, newspapers, magazines etc. SmartArt - A cool way to representing your information \-- organization charts, flow charts, Venn diagrams, pyramids, etc. Ex: SmartArt refers to the range of graphics available in Word that you can use to create diagrams, such as flow charts, process charts, organization charts Algorithm - a process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations, especially by a computer. Ex: Recipes are an example of an algorithm in everyday life because they provide instructions for a dish. Ex: RankBrain is a machine learning system that helps Google understand the meaning behind queries and serve best-matching search results. Computer Science - the study of computers and computational systems, including their theoretical foundations, hardware, and software Ex: While the exact date is debated, the earliest known use of \"computer science\" is considered to be in the 1950s. In the 1960\'s, computer science came into its own as a discipline. In fact, the term was coined by George Forsythe, a numerical analyst. The first computer science department was formed at Purdue University in 1962.