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| A general process for solving a category of problems. |
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| A value provided to a function when the function is called. This value is assigned to the corresponding parameter in the function. |
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| The sequence of statements inside a function definition. |
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| Using an expression as part of a larger expression, or a statement as part of a larger statement. |
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| Pertainingtoaprogramthatdoesthesamethingeachtimeitruns, given the same inputs. |
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| The syntax for calling a function in another module by specifying the module name followed by a dot (period) and the function name. |
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| The order in which statements are executed during a program run. |
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| A function that returns a value. |
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| A named sequence of statements that performs some useful operation. Functions may or may not take arguments and may or may not produce a result. |
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| A statement that executes a function. It consists of the function name followed by an argument list. |
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| Astatementthatcreatesanewfunction,specifyingitsname, parameters, and the statements it executes. |
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| A value created by a function definition. The name of the func- tion is a variable that refers to a function object. |
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| The first line of a function definition. |
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A statement that reads a module file and creates a module
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| A value created by an import statement that provides access to the data and code defined in a module. |
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| A name used inside a function to refer to the value passed as an argument. |
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| Pertaining to a sequence of numbers that appear to be random, but are generated by a deterministic program. |
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| The result of a function. If a function call is used as an expression, the return value is the value of the expression. |
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| A function that does not return a value. |
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