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3.3C Uses and Forms of Computer Coding

1.1 What is digital society

2.1 Change

2.2 Expression

2.3 Identity

2.4 Power

2.5 Space

2.6 Systems

2.7 Values and ethics

3.1 Data

3.2 Algorithms

3.3 Computers

3.4 Networks and the internet

3.5 Media

3.6 Artificial intelligence

3.7 Robots and autonomous technologies

4.1 Cultural

4.2 Economic

4.3 Environmental

4.4 Health

4.5 Human knowledge

4.6 Political

4.7 Social

5.1 Global well-being

5.2 Governance and human rights

5.3 Sustainable development

IB Digital Society 3.3C Uses and Forms of Computer Coding Key Definitions

3.3C Uses and Forms of Computer Coding Key Definitions

Definition

Coding

Writing step-by-step instructions in a programming language so that a computer can carry out a task.

Definition

Compiler

A program that translates an entire piece of source code into machine code before it is run, in contrast to an interpreter, which translates and runs it line by line.

Definition

High-level language

A programming language written in human-readable words and symbols, which must be translated into machine code before a computer can run it.

Definition

Machine code

The most basic instructions a computer runs, written in binary (1s and 0s) that the processor acts on directly.

Definition

System software

Software that runs and manages the computer itself, such as the operating system, as opposed to the applications people use for specific tasks.

Key Definitions