Language Fundamentals

Language Fundamentals

1. Encoding sets: Java Supports Unicode character encoding set and program elements names are not restricted to ASCll characters. Text can be written using characters in practically any human language in use today.

2. Primitives/Primitive Conversions: non object elements that represent numbers and simple values such as true and false; changing the type primitive to another type.

3. Variables: place holders whose contents can change, there are many types of variables

4. Constants: place holders whose values cannot be changed

5. Literals: representations of data values that are understood by the Java compiler.

6. Operators: notations indicting that certain operations are to be performs