9.15. Glossary¶
- Aliasing¶
A circumstance where two or more variables refer to the same object.
- Delimiter¶
A character or string used to indicate where a string should be split.
- Element¶
One of the values in a list (or other sequence); also called items.
- Equivalent¶
Having the same value.
- Index¶
An integer value that indicates an element in a list.
- Identical¶
Being the same object (which implies equivalence).
- List¶
A sequence of values.
- List Traversal¶
The sequential accessing of each element in a list.
- Nested List¶
A list that is an element of another list
- Object¶
Something a variable can refer to. An object has a type and a value.
- Reference¶
The association between a variable and its value.
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Q-1: Match each term to its definition.
Look above for the definitions of these terms.
- Aliasing
- A circumstance where two or more variables refer to the same object.
- Element
- One of the values in a list (or other sequence).
- Equivalent
- Having the same value.
- Identical
- Being the same object (which implies equivalence).
- Object
- Something a variable can refer to.
- Reference
- The association between a variable and its value.
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Q-2:
Look above for the definitions of these terms.
- Delimiter
- A character or string used to indicate where a string should be split.
- Index
- An integer value that indicates an element in a list.
- List
- A sequence of values.
- List Traversal
- The sequential accessing of each element in a list.
- Nested List
- A list that is an element of another list.