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Computational Thinking for the Modern Problem Solver
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Computational Thinking for the Modern Problem Solver

by David Riley, Kenny A. Hunt
March 2014
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
405 pages
12h 16m
English
Chapman and Hall/CRC
Content preview from Computational Thinking for the Modern Problem Solver
Algorithmic Thinking   ◾     159  
TERMINOLOGY
activity diagram
actual parameter
algorithm
argument
composition
computable action
computable function
computational state
computer soware
control ow
control ow statement
encapsulation
executes
expression
owchart
formal parameter
halt
identier
loop
counting loop
innite loop
while loop
modularization
module
name binding
program
programming language
declarative
functional
imperative
selection statement
multiway
one-way
two-way
semantics
unambiguous
understandability
EXERCISES
1. Consider writing a soware system to determine what you will wear
to work. If the morning temperature is above 50 degrees you will
wear a pa ...
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ISBN: 9781466587793