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*<div id="return_value">'''Return Value''' - A value that a method which is finished running passes to its caller.</div> | *<div id="return_value">'''Return Value''' - A value that a method which is finished running passes to its caller.</div> | ||
*<div id="reference_variable">'''Reference Variable''' - A variable that is used as a pointer (or an address) to an object. '''[ABU]'''</div> | *<div id="reference_variable">'''Reference Variable''' - A variable that is used as a pointer (or an address) to an object. '''[ABU]'''</div> | ||
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*<div id="string">'''String''' - A String is an array of characters that Java treats in a special way, allowing you to mainpulate it more easily.</div> | *<div id="string">'''String''' - A String is an array of characters that Java treats in a special way, allowing you to mainpulate it more easily.</div> | ||
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*<div id="user">'''User''' - The person who is giving input to and interpreting output from your program.</div> | *<div id="user">'''User''' - The person who is giving input to and interpreting output from your program.</div> | ||
*<div id="user-defined_method">'''User-Defined Method''' - A section of code which is declared once in a program, then used by other code sections.</div> | *<div id="user-defined_method">'''User-Defined Method''' - A section of code which is declared once in a program, then used by other code sections.</div> | ||
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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 of the same type. [ABU]
- Array Length - Array length means the maximum size of the array. [ABU]
- B -
- Binary - A numbering system that uses only the digits 0 and 1. Any number can be represented in binary: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ... = 1, 10, 11, 100, 101, ...
- 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.
- H -
- Hexadecimal - (sometimes abbreviated to hex) A numbering system that uses a total of 16 digits: 0-9, A-F. A-F represent the decimal values 10-15, with the hex value 10 representing 16, hex 11 representing 17, and so on.
- 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.
- Primitive Data Type - A primitive data type is a basic variable type that computer itself can understand. In Java char, int, float and double are all primitive data types.
- Parallel Array - Parallel arrays are used to create create connected lists of data. See Parallel Arrays
- R -
- Return Value - A value that a method which is finished running passes to its caller.
- Reference Variable - A variable that is used as a pointer (or an address) to an object. [ABU]
- S -
- String - A String is an array of characters that Java treats in a special way, allowing you to mainpulate it more easily.
- 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.
