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A set of data with values that have significant predetermined characteristics?
What programming language did we go through with Tarasov?
python
What can a programmer create using object-oriented programming?
a class (new data types to meet the requirements of the application)
What is the difference between an integer data type and a floating-point data type?
An integer data type represents whole numbers without fractional parts, while a floating-point data type represents numbers with a decimal point.
What sizes of numbers do programming languages represent?
short, long,float,double
What are languages called that leave little room for programmers to define their own data types?
Strongly typed languages
what is a characters in data type
a single textual symbol encoded as a numerical value, crucial for handling text and strings.
What is "data abstraction" in object-oriented programming?
With data abstraction, a programmer can create new data types to meet application needs.
What is a pointer in programming?
A pointer is a reference to a piece of memory, whether that be 'raw' memory or formatted according to another data type, or a piece of executable code such as a function
What is the basic principle of computer programming?
take information, process it and provide it to the user in a different form
Do matrix calculations usually use a specific data type or are the calculations done manually?
Matrix calculations will usually have to be performed manually
What are "unions" used for in programming?
Unions allow one same portion of memory to be accessed as different data types, since all of them are in fact the same location in memory.
Why are data types essential in programming?
Computers can't work without defining data types because the computer processes different types of data differently
Name five examples of data types
integer, floating, double, character, string, array, pointer, union, enum
What are "enumerations" and how are they used?
Enumerations create new data types to contain something different that is not limited to the values fundamental data types may have.