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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 |
| Value | One of the basic units of data, like a number or string, that a program manipulates. |
| Type | A category of values. The types we have seen so far are integers (type int), floating-point numbers (type float), and strings (type str). |
| Integer | A type that represents whole numbers. |
| Floating-point | A type that represents numbers with fractional parts. |
| String | A type that represents sequences of characters. |
| Variable | A name that refers to a value. |
| Statement | A section of code that represents a command or action. So far, the statements we have seen are assignments and print statements. |
| Assignment | A statement that assigns a value to a variable. |
| State Diagram | A graphical representation of a set of variables and the values they refer to. |
| Keyword | 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. |
| Operator | A special symbol that represents a simple computation like addition, multiplication, or string concatenation. |
| Operand | One of the values on which an operator operates. |
| Floor Division | The operation that divides two numbers and chops off the fraction part. |
| Expression | A combination of variables, operators, and values that represents a single result value. |
| Evaluate | To simplify an expression by performing the operations in order to yield a single value. |
| Rules of Precedence | The set of rules governing the order in which expressions involving multiple operators and operands are evaluated. |
| Concatenate | To join two operands end-to-end. |
| Comment | 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. |
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