Java Chapter 4 Vocab

Question 1

to place one string after another to create a new string

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concatenate

Question 2

information provided by an end user to the program

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input

Question 3

a single letter, symbol, or digit

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character

Question 4

reserved word used to declare and define constants

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final

Question 5

string that tells the user what information to provide

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prompt

Question 6

mod or modulus operator, used to get remainder in integer divison

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%

Question 7

when a numeric computation's result falls outside the range for the number type

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overflow

Question 8

rule that defines which operator is evaluated first

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order of operations

Question 9

to decrease or take away from a value

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decrement

Question 10

use this method to extract a part of a string

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substring

Question 11

standard code that assigns values consisting of two bytes to characters

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unicode

Question 12

to increase or add to a value

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increment

Question 13

Error caused because the computer will only store a specific number of digits

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round-off error

Question 14

symbol that indicates a mathematical or logical operation

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operators

Question 15

converts value from one type to a different type

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cast

Question 16

information given to the user from the program

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output

Question 17

a sequence of characters

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string

Question 18

A value that cannot be changed by a program

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constant

Question 19

method used to specify how values should be formatted when printed

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printf

Questions 19