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Section 2.14 Glossary
Glossary Glossary
- Assignment
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A statement that assigns a value to a variable.
- Concatenate
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To join two operands end to end.
- Comment
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Information in a program that is meant for other programmers (or anyone reading the source code) and has no effect on the execution of the program.
- Evaluate
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To simplify an expression by performing the operations in order to yield a single value.
- Expression
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A combination of variables, operators, and values that represents a single result value.
- Floating Point
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A type that represents numbers with fractional parts.
- Integer
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A type that represents whole numbers.
- Keyword
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A reserved word that is used by the compiler to parse a program; you cannot use keywords like if, def, and while as variable names.
- Mnemonic
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A memory aid. We often give variables mnemonic names to help us remember what is stored in the variable.
- Modulus Operator
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An operator, denoted with a percent sign (%), that works on integers and yields the remainder when one number is divided by another.
- Operand
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One of the values on which an operator operates.
- Operator
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A special symbol that represents a simple computation like addition, multiplication, or string concatenation.
- Rules of Precedence
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The set of rules governing the order in which expressions involving multiple operators and operands are evaluated.
- Statement
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A section of code that represents a command or action. So far, the statements we have seen are assignments and print expression statement.
- String
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A type that represents sequences of characters.
- Type
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A category of values. The types we have seen so far are integers (type int), floating-point numbers (type float), and strings (type str).
- Value
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One of the basic units of data, like a number or string, that a program manipulates.
- Variable
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A name that refers to a value.
Checkpoint 2.14.1.
Checkpoint 2.14.2.
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Checkpoint 2.14.4.
