Glossary

Glossary

- A -

Argument - A value passed to a method's parameter during a method call.

- 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.