programming techniques p1

Question 1

what are the 3 programming constructions and define them

Answer 1

sequence: Order in which instructions are processed

selection/ branching:A certain block of code is run if a specific condition is met

itteration repeated execution of code

Question 2

what is recursion

Answer 2

when a subroutine
calls itself during its execution

Question 3

what is stack overflow

Answer 3

call stack runs out of memory

Question 4

what are local variables

Answer 4

can only be accessed within the block of code in which they were defined

Question 5

what are global variables

Answer 5

normal variables that can be accessed across the whole program