Terms and definitions from Course 7, Module 4

Glossary terms from module 4 
 Automation: The use of technology to reduce human and manual effort to perform common and repetitive tasks 
 Conditional statement: A statement that evaluates code to determine if it meets a specified set of conditions 
 Debugger: A software tool that helps to locate the source of an error and assess its causes 
 Debugging: The practice of identifying and fixing errors in code 
 Exception: An error that involves code that cannot be executed even though it is syntactically correct 
 File path: The location of a file or directory  
 Function: A section of code that can be reused in a program 
 Integrated development environment (IDE): A software application for writing code that provides editing assistance and error correction tools 
 Iterative statement: Code that repeatedly executes a set of instructions 
 Log: A record of events that occur within an organization's systems  
 Logic error: An error that results when the logic used in code produces unintended results 
 Parsing: The process of converting data into a more readable format 
 Syntax error: An error that involves invalid usage of a programming language 
 Variable: A container that stores data