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- variable
- A named storage location.
- value
- A letter, or number, or other thing that can be stored.
- type
- A set of values.
- keyword
- A reserved word that is used by the compiler to parse programs.
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Section 2.11 Glossary
Glossary Glossary
- variable.
- A named storage location for values. All variables have a type, which determines which values it can store.
- value.
- A letter, or number, or other thing that can be stored in a variable.
- type.
- A set of values. The types we have seen are integers(int in C++) and characters ( char in C++).
- keyword.
- A reserved word that is used by the compiler to parse programs. Examples we have seen include int, void and endl.
- statement.
- A line of code that represents a command or action. So far, the statements we have seen are declarations, assignments, and output statements.
- declaration.
- A statement that creates a new variable and determines its type.
- assignment.
- A statement that assigns a value to a variable.
- expression.
- A combination of variables, operators and values that represents a single result value. Expressions also have types, as determined by their operators and operands.
- operator.
- A special symbol that represents a simple computation like addition or multiplication.
- operand.
- One of the values on which an operator operates.
- precedence.
- The order in which operations are evaluated.
- composition.
- The ability to combine simple expressions and statements into compound statements and expressions in order to represent complex computations concisely.
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