Unit 7 ✔️

Question 1

Parameter

Answer 1

a variable in a function definition. Used as a placeholder for values that will be passed through the function.

Question 2

Argument

Answer 2

the value passed to the parameter

Question 3

Return

Answer 3

used to return the flow of control to the point where the procedure (also known as a function) was called and to return the value of expression.

Question 4

Library

Answer 4

a group of functions (procedures) that may be used in creating new programs

Question 5

API

Answer 5

Application Program Interface - specifications for how functions in a library behave and can be used

Question 6

Modularity

Answer 6

The subdivision of a computer program into separate subprograms

Question 7

Procedural Abstraction

Answer 7

a process and allows a procedure to be used only knowing what it does, not how it does it. Procedural abstraction allows a solution to a large problem to be based on the solution of smaller subproblems. This is accomplished by creating procedures to solve each of the subproblems. Improves readability and manages complexity.