Comp Sci Unit 5/6 Vocab

Question 1

Declaring a Variable

Accepted Answer

A statement that defines a variable with a data type

Question 2

Initializing a variable

Accepted Answer

the assignment of a value to a variable

Question 3

code block

Accepted Answer

one or more statements that are grouped together with curly brackets {}

Question 4

nesting

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pulling statements inside of other statements

Question 5

iteration

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the process of repeating code

Question 6

array

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an ordered list of similar items

Question 7

elements

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the items stored in an array

Question 8

index

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an element's position within an array

Question 9

instantiate

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when a new instance is created using the keyword 'new'

Question 10

immutable

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cannot be changed

Question 11

initializer list

Accepted Answer

when you create an array from known values

Question 12

square bracket notation

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used to access or change the value of an element at a particular index in an array

Question 13

parentheses

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used after the name of a method

Question 14

zero index language

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the first character of a String and the first element in an array is at index 0

Question 15

parameter

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pieces of information a method needs to run

Question 16

exception

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an event that occurs when a program is running, that disrupts its normal flow

Question 17

method

Accepted Answer

named block of code

Question 18

API (application programming interface)

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documentation of a class to other programmers that lists the methods and properties of the class

Question 19

type casting

Accepted Answer

the process of temporarily converting one type of date to another

Question 20

concatenation

Accepted Answer

attaching two things side-by-side, frequently strings of text

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