3.14. GlossaryΒΆ
- argument:
A value that you provide when you call a function. This value must have the same type as the corresponding parameter.
- call:
Cause a function to be executed.
- declaration:
Introduces a new name into a program.
- definition:
A declaration that also creates a usable entity. For example, a function with a function body that can be called.
- floating-point:
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.
- function:
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.
- initialization:
A statement that declares a new variable and assigns a value to it at the same time.
- parameter:
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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Q-1:
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- call
- Causes a function to be executed.
- floating-point
- A type of value that can contain fractions as well as integers.
- initialization
- A statement that declares a new variable and assigns a value to it.
- declaration
- Introduces a new name into a program.
- definition
- A declaration that creates a usable entity.
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- function
- A named sequence of statements that performs some useful function.
- parameter
- A piece of information you provide in order to call a function.
- argument
- A value that you provide when you call a function.