ENGLISH GLOSSARY

CONCEPT DEFINITION
Instructions given to a machine to
Programming
perform a task

It is a data element whose value can

Variable change during the course of a
program's execution.

This is when the steps to perform

Qualitative Language
this action are described in detail.

It is the language by which

Pseudocode instructions are given to the
machine.

It is the graphic form of an

Flowchart algorithm in which the steps to
follow are shown.
It is the information that the user
Entry
enters to start the program

Processes They are the formulas or cycles that

they perform in the pseudocode

The variable that outputs the result

Output
of the operation

Operators are signs that indicate

Operators the calculation to be performed on
an expression.

It is an algorithmic test that

Desktop test validates and verifies an algorithm
after its execution.

It is a set of defined, ordered and

Algorithmic finite rules that manages to solve a
problem.

the nomenclature allows the

Nomenclature systematization of said knowledge
and the establishment of a logical
order

is a permanent type value that

Constant cannot be modified

It is a type of test that consists of

the validation and verification of the
algorithm through the execution of
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the variables that compose it to
determine its results from an initial
set
 The operators form an expression,
which is a formula that defines the
Operators
calculation of a value. They can be
constants, variables, or functions.

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