In the UK at A-level (age 16-18) you may still be taught linear and dynamic programming before ever touching a line of code! (Indeed, that was the same for me!)
As an analogy, it's not unusual to learn a good chunk of calculus before learning that "calculus" is a thing they're part of - for example, by having an over-eager physics teacher who teaches you some of it so we can understand physics material deeper, but without ever mentioning the branch of math we're now using.