Chapter 2 Vocabulary

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Chapter

2 Vocabulary

Algorithm: A process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations, especially by a computer.

Argument

Data: The evidence of specific information

Byte code: is computer object code that is processed by a program, usually referred to as a virtual machine, rather than by the "real" computer machine, the hardware processor

Class:a set or category of things having some property or attribute in common and differentiated from others by kind, type, or quality

Code conventions:are a set of guidelines for a specific programming language that recommend programming style, practices and methods for each aspect of a piece program written in this language

Comment

Text:a remark, observation, or criticism

Comment block: to addcomment syntax causing that block of code to become a comment,

Compiling:) convert (a program) into a machine-code

Controlling class:means the Class A Notes

Encapsulation: in object-oriented programming, encapsulation is the inclusion within a program

Escape Sequence:a sequence of characters that does not represent itself

Execute:carry out or put into effect

Importable

Package:to bring in

Inheritance:a thing that is inherited

Interpreter

Software:In computer science, an interpreter is a computer program that directly executes

Java application:

Java Virtual Machine (Java VM)

Just-in-time compiler (JIT)

Library (see Package.)

Machine code

Method

Object-oriented programming (OOP)

Output Stream

Package

Platform-independent application

Polymorphism

Pseudocode

Run

Source code

Statement

String

Syntax error

Chapter

2 Java: Just know these commands.

/* */ Used to enclose single or

multiline comments.

/** */ Used to enclose documentation comments.

// Used to

begin a single line comment.

{ } Used to begin and end a set of related

statements.

; Required

at the end of each program statement.

\\ Escape

sequence for displaying a backslash.

\" Escape

sequence for displaying a double quotation mark.

\n Escape

sequence for displaying a newline.

\t Escape

sequence for displaying a tab.

Define:

class

format()

java.lang.System

main()

out

package

print()

public

static

void