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Flashcards by Troy Bowlin, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Troy Bowlin
about 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Function | A named sequence of statements that performs some useful operation. Functions may or may not take arguments and may or may not produce a result. |
| Function Definition | A statement that creates a new function, specifying its name, parameters, and the statements it executes. |
| Function Object | A value created by a function definition. The name of the function is a variable that refers to a function object. |
| Header | The first line of a function definition. |
| Body | The sequence of statements inside a function definition. |
| Parameter | A name used inside a function to refer to the value passed as an argument. |
| Function Call | A statement that executes a function. It consists of the function name followed by an argument list. |
| Argument | A value provided to a function when the function is called. This value is assigned to the corresponding parameter in the function. |
| Local Variable | A variable defined inside a function. A local variable can only be used inside its function. |
| Return Value | The result of a function. If a function call is used as an expression, the return value is the value of the expression. |
| Fruitful Function | A function that returns a value. |
| Void Function | A function that doesn’t return a value. |
| Module | A file that contains a collection of related functions and other definitions. |
| Import Statement | A statement that reads a module file and creates a module object. |
| Module Object | A value created by an import statement that provides access to the values defined in a module. |
| Dot Notation | The syntax for calling a function in another module by specifying the module name followed by a dot (period) and the function name. |
| Composition | Using an expression as part of a larger expression, or a statement as part of a larger statement. |
| Flow of Execution | The order in which statements are executed during a program run. |
| Stack Diagram | A graphical representation of a stack of functions, their variables, and the values they refer to. |
| Frame | A box in a stack diagram that represents a function call. It contains the local variables and parameters of the function. |
| Traceback | A list of the functions that are executing, printed when an exception occurs. |
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