Definitions

by Osama M. Khaled — last modified 2022-06-04T22:10:18+01:00

Important definitions to know when working with names, bindings, and scopes

Questions #: 10
Pass Score: 80.0%

    A ______ is a word of a programming language that is special only in certain contexts.

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    A ____ _____ is a special word of a programming language that cannot be used as a name.

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    A string of characters used to identify some entity in a program

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    A notation in which all of the words of a multiple-word name except the first are capitalized, as in myStack

    horse notation
    dog notation
    cat notation
    camel notation

    Programming languages that differentiate between name based on upper and lower case letters are called

    letter sensitive
    case awareness
    case sensitive
    character sensitive

    Variables are called _____ if they access the same memory location

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    The ______ of a variable determines the range of values the variable can store and the set of operations that are defined for values

    address
    type
    range
    declaration

    The _____ of a variable is the contents of the memory cell or cells associated with the variable

    value
    address
    type
    location

    The address of a variable is sometimes called its _______

    r-value
    s-value
    l-value
    a-value

    A variable’s value is sometimes called its _______

    r-value
    s-value
    l-value
    a-value