WHAT IS COMPUTER SCIENCE?

1. STEP 1: The computer scientist makes a list of step-by-step instructions for what she wants her program to do. STEP 2: The computer scientist translates her instructions into a language (code) the computer can understand. Now the algorithm is a program.

2. DATA raw, unorganized facts

3. ANALYSIS organizing, describing, and understanding data

4. NETWORKS are a group of connected devices (like computers, laptops, and servers). They share information, and may also share resources like a printer.

5. INTERNET is the worldwide network that connects millions of computers. Part of studying networks and the internet is figuring out bet ter and more secure ways to share information across devices.

6. A COMPUTER is a device that stores and processes (changes, moves, or rewrites) information.

7. COMPUTING SYSTEM All the basic hardware (the parts you can see and touch) and software (the programs) that work together to make a computer run.

8. COMPUTER SCIENCE IS creating a phone app (application or program) that allows friends to share funny cat videos with each other. programming your own video game.

8.1. COMPUTER SCIENCE IS NOT watching videos on the internet of cats riding tricycles. playing your favorite video game.

9. Computing Systems Computing systems are the machines that run programs and process information.

10. PROGRAM A set of instructions (or an algorithm) that has been translated into commands a computer can understand (code).

10.1. ALGORITHM A list of steps or instructions written in human language that tells a person how to complete a task.