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Question 1

stream

Answer 1

sequence of characters from source to destination

Question 2

stream member functions (stream functions)

Answer 2

I/O functions such as “get”

Question 3

stream variables

Answer 3

either an input stream variable or an output stream variable

Question 4

predefined functions

Answer 4

functions already defined in C++

Question 5

parameterized stream manipulators

Answer 5

manipulators with parameters

Question 6

output stream variables

Answer 6

variables of type “ostream”

Question 7

output stream

Answer 7

sequence of characters from the computer to the output device

Question 8

opening a file

Answer 8

associating a file stream with an input or output source

Question 9

member access operator

Answer 9

dot operator in C++

Question 10

“istream” member functions

Answer 10

functions that are associated with the data type “istream”

Question 11

input stream variables

Answer 11

variables of the type “istream”

Question 12

input stream

Answer 12

sequence of characters from an input device to the computer

Question 13

input failure

Answer 13

situation in which program fails to compile, or yields incorrect results, because the input data does not match the corresponding variables in the program

Question 14

function call

Answer 14

expression that transfers control from the main function to the first statement in the body of the function such as “pow(2,3)”

Question 15

file stream variables

Answer 15

user defined variables including “ifstream” and “ofstream” used for input and output

Question 16

file

Answer 16

area in secondary storage used to hold information

Question 17

fail state

Answer 17

state an input stream enters after input failure in which all further I/O statements using that stream are ignored

Question 18

dot notation

Answer 18

notation in which a dot separates the input stream variable name from the member/ function name

Question 19

common output

Answer 19

“cout”

Question 20

common input

Answer 20

“cin”

Question 21

arguments

Answer 21

• parameters

- values that are passed in a function call in the parentheses after the name of the function