UNIT 7 VOCAB

Question 1

U7L1
Parameter

Answer 1

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

Question 2

U7L1
Argument

Answer 2

the value passed to the parameter

Question 3

U7L1
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

U7L2
Procedural abstraction

Answer 4

a process that 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 nby creating procedures to solve each of the subproblems.

Question 5

U7L5
Library

Answer 5

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

Question 6

U7L5
API

Answer 6

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

Question 7

U7L6
Modularity

Answer 7

the subdivision of a computer program into separate subprograms