How To Think Like a Computer Scientist C++ Edition The Pretext Interactive Version

Glossary Glossary

floating-point.

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A type of variable (or value) that can contain fractions as well as integers. There are a few floating-point types in C++; the one we use in this book is double.

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initialization.

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A statement that declares a new variable and assigns a value to it at the same time.

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function.

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A named sequence of statements that performs some useful function. Functions may or may not take parameters, and may or may not produce a result.

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parameter.

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A piece of information you provide in order to call a function. Parameters are like variables in the sense that they contain values and have types.

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argument.

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A value that you provide when you call a function. This value must have the same type as the corresponding parameter.

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call.

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Cause a function to be executed.

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