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Programming Fundaments
Review for Final Exam
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Computer Science
Undergraduate 1
05/16/2012

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Compilation

Definition
Computers do not understand source code. It needs to be translated to machine code before it can be executed. What is this execution called?
Term
Parameter
Definition
a mechanism to pass in additional data to a method
Term
Object
Definition
This can be created from a class.
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Class
Definition
Greenfoot scenarios consist of a set of these:
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Source Code

(you can look at me by opening the class's editor)

Definition
This defines every class. It defines what objects of this class can do.
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API Documentation
Definition
 Lists all classes and methods available in Greenfoot. We often need to look up methods here.
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Comments
Definition
These are written into the source code as explanations for human readers. They are ignored by the computer.
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