Computer Programming Vocabulary 2

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Coding

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The smaller, yet just as important details of a program.

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Pragmatics

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The overall design meant to bring familiarity to others (though there is no apparent difference to the computer itself).

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Subroutine Call Statement

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Calls a subroutine when it needs to be performed.

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Built-in Subroutine

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A subroutine previously defined to be part of the language, making them capable of use in any program.

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Comments

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Commenting statements not necessary for the computer, but are meant for human convenience.

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Comments start with __ or are enclosed in __.

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//, /* */

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Subroutines have statements saying what it does between the__ braces.

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{ }

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Names (Identifiers) are a...

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sequence of characters that must consist entirely of letters, digits or underscores and can’t have spaces.

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Underscore

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_

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Unicode

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Includes thousands of characters from worldwide languages, all of which counting as letters or digits.

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Pragmatics of names include:

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o Upper-Case Letters–Classes
o Lower-Case Letters—Variables/Subroutines

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Camel Case

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The first letter of each word in a name is capitalized, making it look like the humps of a camel.

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Compound Names (aka “Qualified Names”)

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Several ordinary names separated by periods. The idea in this is that the first named thing contains another named thing, etc.

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Simple Identifiers

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Simpler names with just 1 word.

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Assignment Statement

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A statement that assigns a variable to an identifier. Ex. variable=expression

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Variable

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A name with identified location reference to certain data.

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Strongly Typed

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It enforces the rule that a variable can only hold its assigned data type.

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8 Primitive (Atomic) Data Types

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byte, short, int, long, float, double, char and boolean.

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Parameter

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The value in parentheses after the subroutine name, which provides a subroutine with the info to do its task.

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Static Members

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Variables and subroutines grouped together in classes.

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Functions

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Subroutines that compute or retrieve data value.

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Returned Value

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Data value a function retrieves and must be used in the program.

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Operators

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Signs used to combine simple expressions.

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Precedence

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Determines how operators are grouped in evaluation. Ex. parentheses 1st, exponents 2nd, multiplication, division, addition, subtraction.

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Type Conversion

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Conversion of values to match their data types, in which their answer will be the same data type.

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This is used to indicate the remainder when one integer is divided by another.

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%

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Takes the negative of a number.

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Unary Minus

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Incrementing

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Adding 1 to the variable.

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Decrementing

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Subtracting 1 from the variable.

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Relational Operator

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Compares 2 values.

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++

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incrementing

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--

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decrementing

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==,!=, <, >, <=, >=

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relational operators

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Boolean Operators

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‘and’ (&&, combines values, is true if both are true and false if either one is), ‘or’, (||, is true if either or both are true and false if both are) ‘not’(!, will convert true to false and vice versa).

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Short-Circuited

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Versions of operators that the second operand isn’t wholly necessary.

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Precedence List

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o Unary operators:
 ++, --, !, unary - and +, type cast
o Multiplication and division:
 *, /, %
o Addition and subtraction:
 +, -
o Relational operators:
 <, >, <=, >=
o Equality and inequality:
 ==, !=
o Boolean ‘and’:
 &&
o Boolean ‘or’:
 ||
o Conditional operator:
 ?:
o Assignment operators:
 =, +=, -=, *=, /=, %=

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Command Line Environment

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A user types commands and the computer responds to them. There is only one kind for Java.

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Integrated Development Environment(IDE)

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User uses keyboard and mouse to interact with GUI. There is a wide variety of such for Java, such as Eclipse and JCreator.

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JDK

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Java Development Kit

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J2SE

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Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (comes in Developing Kit and Runtime Versions)

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Current Directory

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The first one that contains files of the typed commands.

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Home Directory

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The one where all your stored files are.

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Projects

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Each applet and application in JCreator.

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Window 1

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File View

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Window 2

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Package View

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Window 3

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Code Editor

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Project Files

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o the Java source code (.java),
o the Java bytecode (.class)
o the workspace description file(.jcw)
o and the project description file (.jcp)