1.7. Glossary¶
- cin¶
cin stands for “console input”. It is the standard input statement in C++.
- comment¶
A comment is a programmer-readable explanation in the source code of a computer program (
//single line comment,/**/Multiline comment).- compiler¶
A compiler generally transforms code written in a high-level programming language like C++ into a low-level programming language like machine code in order to create an executable program.
- cout¶
cout stands for “console output”. It is the standard output statement in C++.
- dynamically typed¶
A dynamically typed programming languages is one in which variables need not necessarily be defined before they are used, and can change during execution.
- header¶
Header files are library files that contain a variety of useful definitions. They are imported into any C++ program by using the pre-processor #include statement.
- #include¶
Tells the preprocessor to treat the contents of a specified file as if they appear in the source program at the point where the directive appears.
- interpreter¶
An interpreter directly executes statements in a scripting language without requiring them to have been compiled into machine language.
- machine code¶
machine code is a computer program written in instructions that can be directly executed by a computer’s CPU.
- statically typed¶
A statically typed programming languages is one in which variables must be defined before they are used and cannot change during execution.
1.8. Matching¶
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Q-1: Drag each glossary term to its' corresponding definition.
Feedback shows incorrect matches.
- cin
- Standard input statement in C++.
- statically typed
- Programming language, in which variables must be defined before they are used and cannot change during execution.
- comment
- a readable explanation in the source code of a computer program.
- compiler
- Creates an executeable program by transforming code written in a high-level programming language into a low-level programming language.
- cout
- Standard output statement in C++.
- dynamically typed
- Programing language, in which variables need not necessarily be defined before they are used, and can change during execution.
- header
- library files that contain a variety of useful definitions. They are imported into any C++ program by using the #include statement.
- #include
- Tells the preprocessor to treat the contents of a specified file as if they appear in the source program at the point where the directive appears.
- interpreter
- directly executes statements in a scripting language without requiring them to have been compiled into machine language
- machine code
- a computer program written in instructions that can be directly executed by a computer's CPU.