a collection of computer commands that perform a specific task when run by a computer; often referred to as software

short-term memory that computers use to cache temporary data that they can access quickly; data that gets constantly deleted or over-written

long-term memory that computers use to store data files or other more permanent pieces of information that a user would expect to be able to access consistently

something that includes a program as an integral part of its function; it can be physical (e.g., self driving car), nonphysical computing software (e.g., picture editing software), or a nonphysical computing concept (e.g., e-commerce)

any part of a computer that can take information from the outside world and input it into the computer (i.e. keyboard, mouse, camera)

any data sent from a program to a device; can come in a variety of forms, such as tactile, audio, visual, or text

the ability to break a larger problem down into smaller parts

when you observe similarities and patterns within problems

how a program functions during execution; often described by how a user interacts with it

a group of programming statements that is part of a program

set of instructions or commands that tell the computer what to do

data sent to a computer for processing by a program; it can come in a variety of forms, such as tactile, audio, visual, or text inputs