Algorithm Key Terms

Question	Answer
Algorithms	By Ella Joyce
Abstraction	The process of separating and filtering out ideas and specific details that are not needed
Algorithm	A sequence of logical instructions
Binary Search	A faster method of searching, data being halved every step
Bubble Sort	A sorting algorithm that repeatedly passes through a list to be sorted, comparing and swapping items that are in the wrong order.
Bucket Sort	A sorting algorithm that separates data into different collections, with data then sorted.
Computational thinking	A problem solving method.
Condidtion	Statement of sum, either true or false
Counter	A device which stores the number of times a particular event has happened
Data	Units of information
Data type	A format in which a variable holds data.

Resource summary

	Created by Ella Joyce about 9 years ago