Chapter 6 Flashcards
1
Q
modular development?
A
the process of dividing a program into separate modules that can be developed and tested separately and then integrated into a single program
2
Q
Incremental development?
A
a process in which a programmer writes, compiles, and tests a small amount of code, then writes, compiles, and tests a small amount more (an incremental amount), and so on
3
Q
method stub
A
a method definition whose statements have not yet been written
4
Q
can a method be written once and called on several times within a program? why or why not?
A
yes, methods should be called on several times instead of re-writing the method code.
5
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array variable?
A
a varriable that stores a list of values
