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A Little Bit of Computer Science

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End Function

Signifies the end point of a function that is called by a program

End If

Signifies the end point of an if statement in a program

EndArrowheadStyle

The style of the arrow head of a line at its bottom

Exit

A statement that tells the processor to come out of a loop (IF,

WEND, etc…)

Exit Sub

A statement that tells the processor to stop executing the program

that is currently being executed—​control passes to the calling

program or if this is the first program then the program stops

Exponentiation

operation

Raises a variable to the power of another

For example, 2^3 =​ 2 x 2 x 2 =​ 3

Flag

Use of a variable with only 2 values to designate “ON” or “OFF”

Very effective in checking binary conditions that have Yes/​No

answers such as:

Did I find my word in this list?

Was there an error in the calculation?

For Statement

A type of statement that allows for a controlled repetition of a

group of statements.

The control is in the very first statement as in the example below,

variable I is tested to check if it is between 1 and 100

For I =​ 1 to 100

<statement>

<statement>

:

<statement>

Next

ForeColor

Foreground color

Form

A collection of fields organized in an aesthetically pleasant way

to help a person enter information for further processing by the

program

Format function

Convert text in a specific way

FullScreen

A function that makes a window display in full screen

Function

A subroutine that passes back a value as part of its name. It is

similar to a subroutine, but can be used in a calling program

to decipher a value passed by the called program as part of its

name.

googledocs

The visual text editing tool that Google provides

GoTo

A statement that passes control to another part of the code.

Typically used as an error handling mechanism—​if used in

conjunction with On Error statement the control passes to this

line if the processor encounters an error condition (such as

division by zero)

HTML

Hypertext Markup Language—​used to read a website

HttpReq

Request to retrieve a web page