Meanings and history of the name Kara : | Edit. Sometimes considered a derivative of Katherine, Greek in origin, meaning pure.. Also means empty in Japanese such as in karate 'empty hand' and karaoke 'empty orchestra'.eanings and history of the name Kara : | Edit. Sometimes considered a derivative of Katherine, Greek in origin, meaning pure.. Also means empty in Japanese such as in karate 'empty hand' and karaoke 'empty orchestra'.
Scratch (http://scratch.mit.edu/) is a popular free software package used in schools to introduce simple computer programming.
Introduction to Computer Science and Scratch. 1  Computer science involves solving problems and creating programs using computers. 2  CS First uses the block-based programming language Scratch to teach basic programming logic.  Scratch is available for free at www.scratch.mit.edu.