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Glossary
- A -
- Argument - A value passed to a method's parameter during a method call.
- Array - An object that can contain many values. Its contents can be accessed via. numerical indicies.
- C -
- Control Statement - A statement that returns a boolean value usually used to denote conditions for an if statement or the end case of a loop.
- M -
- Main Method - The method which Java runs when it is told to execute a class.
- N -
- Nested Method Call - A method call in which another method call is used as an argument.
- P -
- Parameter - An input value which that a method expects.
- R -
- Return Value - A value that a method which is finished running passes to its caller.
- U -
- User - The person who is giving input to and interpreting output from your program.
- User-Defined Method - A section of code which is declared once in a program, then used by other code sections.