Elements, Collections, Objects, Properties, Methods, and Procedures
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Elements, Collections, Objects, Properties, Methods, and Procedures
The Process
When a "process" is broken down into its simplest parts it looks like
| INPUT(S) | ---------> | PROCESS | ---------> | OUTPUT(S) |
|
outputs from other process(es) |
inputs to other process(es) |
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The Processing Logic
When the "processing logic"
is broken down into its simplest parts,
there are only three (3) options from which the logic may be built:
| INLINE | BRANCHING / DECISION | LOOPING | ||
|
DO ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER |
IF . . . THEN DO ELSE DO |
DO
. . . WHILE / UNTIL |
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Modifying the Process
In addition, when an "entity" (input, process, output) is going
to be modified, then there are only
three (3) methods of modification to choose from:
ADD CHANGE DELETE
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Interactivity
Finally, the most important item which "Windows" has added to the
"process" is interactivity, that is to say that most of
the time "Windows" is waiting for a response (a message, if you will) from you
in order to "know" what to do next!
Why do I say "most of the time"? Because "Windows"
is capable of "thinking" in nanoseconds and there are as many nanoseconds in a second as there are
seconds in thirty years!
Let's take some time and look at that last statement again . . . .
What is one-billionth of a second?
Think of it this way: Take one second and chop it up into a thousand equal pieces.
Now, take ONE of those pieces, and chop it up into a thousand equal pieces.
Finally, take ONE of those pieces, and chop it up into a thousand equal pieces.
One of those pieces is a nanosecond. . . .
Or, if you know the speed of light, then light travels about one foot in a nanosecond . . . .
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