Instruction

Technology Applications Vocabulary
(High School)

Word Definition TA TEKS
high-level language An English-like computer language designed to make it relatively convenient for a person to prepare a program for a computer, which in turn translates it into machine language for execution.
Compare: assembly language, interpreted language and machine language		 CS1 1F
http hypertext transfer protocol A computer protocol that enables computers to send pictures, sounds, and text to one another on the World Wide Web.
See: protocol		 WM 1G, 4C
hypertext Text that contains "links" to other documents. When a "linked" word in the document is selected, another document is retrieved and displayed. HTML has this capability for the Internet and some authoring programs allow this capability in local documents. CS1 10B
CS2 10B
WM 10A

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Word Definition TA TEKS
iterative algorithm A repetitive method that uses successive approximation to achieve a satisfactory solution. CS1 7C
CS2 7A
interpreted language A compiler language that translates program statements one at a time as they are received, as opposed to a compiler, which processes the whole set of statements of a program. A common interpreted language is BASIC.
Compare: assembly language, high-level language and machine language		 CS1 1F

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java A computer programming language commonly used on the Internet to create special effects such as animation. WM 10B

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kerning The adjustment of the space between the letters in order to create visually-consistent letterspacing. DTP 10C

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