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| An electronic device for storing and processing data, typically in binary form, according to instructions given to it in a variable program. |
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| A machine that processes something. |
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A planned series of instructions to be executed.
The aggregate of several procedures. |
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| The writer of code or a program. |
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| A named series of coded instructions that can be called at any time within a program. |
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| The value passed into a function/procedure. |
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| Special "variable" limited to validity within a certain procedure/function. |
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The value returned by a function.
The result of a procedure. |
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| A named memory location where intermittent values can be stored, read from, and overwritten. |
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Something limited to a certain area.
i.e. a parameter is a "local variable" for a procedure/function. |
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Indicates visibility to everything within a program.
i.e. A global variable |
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the area between beginning and end.
The scope of
public int feetToYards(int feet)
{
return feet / 3;
}
is "return feet / 3;" |
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| numbers, characters, images that can be stored and translated for understanding by humans as well as computers. |
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| A list of data that can be referenced and used to retrieve a certain datum. |
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