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GLOSSARY 21 st Century #Information Literacy
Skills
Abstraction: Abstraction is a technique to hide complex information of a program from
the user.
Argument: A value passed into a function at the time of function call is called argument.
Code: Code or source code refers to a set of instructions written in a programming language
like C++ and Python.
Compilation: The process of creating executable files of the code written in a programming
language is called compilation.
Compiler: A compiler is a program that translates the program source code written in a
programming language into machine readable code.
Constant: A constant is a fixed value that never changes throughout the program.
Encapsulation: Encapsulation refers to the bundling of data with the methods that operate
on that data, or the restricting of direct access to some of an object's components.
Function: A function is a block of code or a set of statements that performs a specific
action.
Inheritance: Inheritance is a technique in which a class acquires properties and functions
from another class.
Iteration: Iteration refers to a single pass of a loop.
Operand: An operand refers to an object that can be manipulated using different
operators.
Object: An object is a real world entity that has the same properties and behaviour as its
class.
Operator: An operator is a symbol that tells the compiler to perform specific mathematical
or logical operation.
Program: A program is a set of instructions that is designed to perform a specific
task.
Variable: A variable is memory location to store values.
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