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Chapter 4 Vocabulary
Chapter 4 Vocabulary
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Computer Science
11th Grade
12/03/2009

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Assignment operator
Definition
Assigns the results of the expression on the right of the operator to the item to the left of the operator
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Fix function
Definition
Returns a truncated number
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Hard-coded
Definition
Information that is entered directly in the source doe and cannot change; similiar to literals
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Integer
Definition
A whole number; a number with no fractional part
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Integer division
Definition
Returns only whole number portion of the division of integers
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Label control
Definition
Used to hold text that describes objects on a form
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Line-continuation character
Definition
Tells the compiler to skip to the next line and treat the text there as if it were a part of the previous line
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Operator
Definition
An operator is a symbol that performs specific actions in Visual Basic .NET statements
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Modulus
Definition
Returns the remainder of integer division
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Literals
Definition
Values that are keyed directly in source code; similiar to hard-coded
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Text boxes
Definition
The fields placed on dialog boxes and in other windows that allow the user to enter a value
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Truncation
Definition
Removes everything to the right of the decimal point
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Unary minus
Definition
Performs negation, which means making a positive value a negative, or making a negative value positive
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Val function
Definition
Takes numbers that are in a text format and returns a numeric value that can be used in calculations
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