13.11. Glossary¶
- pseudocode:
A way of designing programs by writing rough drafts in a combination of English and C++.
- helper function:
Often a small function that does not do anything enormously useful by itself, but which helps another, more useful, function.
- top-down design:
A method of program development that uses pseudocode to sketch solutions to large problems and design the interfaces of helper functions.
- mergesort:
An algorithm for sorting a collection of values. Mergesort is faster than the simple algorithm in the previous chapter, especially for large collections.
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Q-1: Match the vocabulary word with its definition.
Try again!
- pseudocode
- A way of designing programs by writing rough drafts in a combination of English and C++.
- helper function
- Often a small function that does not do anything enormously useful by itself, but which helps another, more useful, function.
- top-down design
- A method of program development that uses pseudocode to sketch solutions to large problems and design the interfaces of helper functions.
- mergesort
- An algorithm for sorting a collection of values. It is faster than the simple algorithm in the previous chapter, especially for large collections.
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