ITM 207- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 99 pages long!)

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Information Technology Management
• Course: ITM 207
• Professor: Arthur Wrigglesworth

Document Summary

Visual programming development environment based on flowcharts. Minimizes the amount of syntax you must learn to write correct program instructions. Visual; diagrams that are executes one symbol at a time. Flowchart: a collection of connected graphic symbols where each symbol represents a specific type of instruction to be executed. Connection between symbols determine the order of execution. Variables: computer memory locations that hold a data value. Can only hold a single value but this value can vary. Three types of general comments in raptor: programmer header. Documents who wrote the program, when it was written and a general description of what the program does; add to start symbol: section description. Mark major sections of program to make it easier to understand: logic description. Homogeneous collection of items in which an individual item (shares the same name) is accessed by its position (index) within the collection.