Adding Value
Where a variable can be used.
What is Scope?
Giving a name and data type to a variable.
What is Declaration?
A keyword used to refer to the current object in a method or constructor.
What is the This keyword?
A collection of methods or reusable components of code.
What is a Library?
The entering data that is operated on.
What is an Operand?
A variable declared and accessible within a specific block of code (limited scope).
What is a Local Variable?
What is Private Variable?
A source code representation of a value, such as a number or text.
What is a Literal?
To define a method in a subclass with the same method signature as a method inherited from a superclass.
What is Override?
To reduce the amount of repetition in a program (Don't repeat yourself)
What is the DRY Principle?
To cut off data from the end.
What is Truncate?
A variable defined in a class that represents an attribute of an object.
What is an Instance Variable?
Copying the value of the actual parameter to the constructor's formal parameter.
What is Call By Value?
A method that changes the value stored in an instance variable.
What is a Mutator Method?
The building blocks needed to create a software program. It provides the guidelines that guarantee that all programs that use them will have similar interfaces across operating systems and hardware platforms.
What is API?
Starts with a \ to indicate how to display a string.
What is an Escape Sequence?
A combination of data and operators that evaluates to a single value.
What is an Expression?
Indicates that the variable does not refer to any object.
What is Null?
Gives the value stored in an instance variable.
What is an Accessor Method?
An operator used to compare values or expressions.
What is a Rational Operator?
An error caused by trying to divide by zero.
What is an Arithmetic Exception?
A basic data type that Java predefines.
What is a Primitive Type?
Exits a method and provides the value to where the method is called.
What is the Return keyword?
A constructor that has a specific number of arguments to be passed to assign values to an object's instance variables.
What is a Parameterized Constructor?
To improve the readability, readability, or structure of program code without altering its functionality.
What is to Refactor?
Giving a starting value to a variable using the assignment operator (=).
What is Initialization?