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About This Puzzle
Behind every app, game, and website is code written by a programmer following a precise set of rules. This puzzle collects ten words that show up in nearly every codebase.
Words in This Puzzle
- Algorithm
- A step-by-step set of instructions for solving a problem or completing a task.
- Variable
- A named container used to store a value that a program can change or reference.
- Function
- A reusable block of code that performs a specific task when called.
- Debugging
- The process of finding and fixing errors, or bugs, in a program.
- Compiler
- A program that translates human-written code into instructions a computer can run.
- Syntax
- The set of rules that define how code must be written in a given programming language.
- Loop
- A structure that repeats a block of code until a condition is met.
- Boolean
- A data type that holds one of two values, true or false.
- Array
- A data structure that stores an ordered list of values under a single name.
- Binary
- A number system using only zeros and ones, the basic language of computer hardware.
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