Python Chapter 7

Question 1

multiple assignment:

Answer 1

Making more than one assignment to the same variable during the execution of a program.

Question 2

update:

Answer 2

An assignment where the new value of the variable depends on the old.

Question 3

decrement:

Answer 3

An update that decreases the value of a variable.

Question 4

iteration:

Answer 4

Repeated execution of a set of statements using either a recursive function call or a loop.

Question 5

initialization:

Answer 5

An assignment that gives an initial value to a variable that will be updated.

Question 6

increment:

Answer 6

An update that increases the value of a variable (often by one).

Question 7

infinite loop:

Answer 7

A loop in which the terminating condition is never satisfied.