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Section 13.11 Glossary
Glossary 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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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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