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Computer science is less about machines than about methods, namely how to describe a problem precisely and solve it step by step. Ada Lovelace published notes in 1843 on instructing Charles Babbage's planned Analytical Engine, work often called the first computer program. Many ideas in the field were worked out on paper long before hardware existed to run them.

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algorithm
binary
code
data
database
function
hardware
input
logic
memory
network
output
program
software
variable

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Words in the Computer Science word search

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data: Raw values a program reads, stores and changes.
code: Written instructions a computer can carry out.
program: Complete set of instructions that performs a task.
memory: Where a running program keeps its current values.
network: Linked machines that pass messages between each other.
software: Programs, as distinct from the machinery that runs them.
input: Information given to a program to work on.
output: Result a program produces after processing its input.
binary: Number system of ones and zeros used by machines.
logic: Rules of reasoning behind decisions a program makes.
algorithm: Step by step method for solving a stated problem.
database: Organised store of records that can be searched quickly.
function: Named block of code that does one job.
variable: Name that stands for a value which can change.
hardware: Physical machinery that carries out the software.
compiler: Translates source code into instructions the machine runs.
encryption: Scrambling data so only a key can unlock it.
recursion: Technique where a function calls itself on smaller input.
array: Numbered list holding many values under one name.
boolean: Value that is only ever true or false.

Words in the Computer Science word search

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