List and Memory

Question 1

List

Answer 1

An ordered list of values. Items in the list are sometimes called elements. Can get the value of an item by using square brackets and the index of the item.

Question 2

Memory

Answer 2

Information and the medium on which it is stored for immediate use by a computing system. Memory can also refer to the device which stores the information.
RAM is Random Access Memory.

Question 3

Reference

Answer 3

A value which enables a program to directly access a datum (a piece of data). Synonym: Handle.

Question 4

Contiguous

Answer 4

Things that are directly next to one another. In many languages data in an array is stored in contiguous chunks. Synonym: adjacent.
Used in a sentence: It’s easier to write a collection of data to media when it is contiguous or adjacent to one another.

Question 5

Side Effect

Answer 5

Any lasting effect that occurs in a function, which is not through its return value.

Question 6

Mutable data type

Answer 6

Any type of variable which can be modified without changing the reference. Synonyms: changeable object