Unplugged
Lesson 1: Programming Unplugged: My Robotic Friends Relay
- Algorithm: A list of steps to finish a task.
- Bug: Part of a program that does not work correctly.
- Debugging: Finding and fixing problems in an algorithm or program.
Lesson 2: Text Compression
- Lossless Compression: a data compression algorithm that allows the original data to be perfectly reconstructed from the compressed data.
Lesson 3: Simple Encryption
- Caesar Cipher : a technique for encryption that shifts the alphabet by some number of characters
- Cipher: the generic term for a technique (or algorithm) that performs encryption
- Cracking encryption: When you attempt to decode a secret message without knowing all the specifics of the cipher, you are trying to "crack" the encryption.
- Decryption: a process that reverses encryption, taking a secret message and reproducing the original plain text
- Encryption: a process of encoding messages to keep them secret, so only "authorized" parties can read it.
- Random Substitution Cipher: an encryption technique that maps each letter of the alphabet to a randomly chosen other letters of the alphabet.
Lesson 4: Dance Party: Unplugged
- Event: An action that causes something to happen.
Lesson 5: Our AI Code of Ethics
- Artificial Intelligence: the ability of machines to learn and problem-solve.
- Ethics: guidelines for good behavior.