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| a list of variables, user-defined classes, and previously written procedures and functions (stored in a library somewhere in the computer network) needed for a particular computer application. |
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| How much of an entire Visual Basic application can access a given variable.
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| the act of associating a window object (typically a text box) to a variable. |
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| a set of statements that can repetitively be executed, in order, until a particular condition is met. |
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| the act of a function calling or invoking itself. |
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| telling the Visual Basic compiler that a particular name will contain a specific type of data; for instance, variable Name will contain text. |
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| provide a starting value for the variable. Visual Basic 2008 allows that be done on a DIM statement: DIM Count As Integer = 0 |
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| a block of code separate from the main process. Usually performs a specific or distinct process. |
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| a prewritten series of statements that produce a specific and single output. |
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| a piece of data given to a function from a source outside of the function itself. |
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| an item that displays on a application's Form, or the Form itself. A container data type that holds private data, propertie, and methods |
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| a particular activity that is caused by the same action on an object. For instance, clicking on a button. |
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| a picture representing an object or application. |
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| the process of attaching one text string to the back of another. |
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| The representation of a large number as a value between 0 and 10 raised to a power of 10. For instance, 2.34 x 106 |
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| Representing a number in Base 16. The “digits” representing 10-15 are indicated using A, B, C, D, E, and F. |
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| The process of searching for a value without an exact match; the criteria would contain a portion of the desired value. |
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| An object created within a program. |
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| A procedure defined as part of an object. Primary means to interact with the data contained in the object. |
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| Not allowing procedures to directly access data contained in a class. |
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| When a class is created based upon another class, it obtains all data, properties, and methods of the original class. |
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| Multiple class methods with the same name yet slightly different argument lists. |
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| a variable whose data type is a class. |
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| the class method that intializes member data upon variable declaration. |
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| the process of creating a variable whose data type is a class. |
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