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| Software engineer | a person who designs, develops, and tests software for home, school, and business use |
| Class header | consists of the class keyword and the name of the class |
| comment | a text note to explain or annotate the code and is ignored when the program is run |
| Source code | a collection of programming commands |
| syntax | the rules for how a programmer must write code for a computer to understand |
| Syntax error | a mistake in the code that does not follow a programming language's syntax |
| attribute | a characteristic of an object |
| behavior | an action that an object can perform |
| class | a programmer-defined blueprint from which objects are created |
| object | an instance of a class |
| Object-oriented programming | an approach to creating and using models of physical or imagined objects |
| constructor | a block of code that has the same name as the class and tells the computer how to create a new object |
| instantiate | to call the constructor to create an object |
| Dot operator | used to call a method in a class |
| method | a named set of instructions to perform a task |
| argument | the specific value provided when a method or constructor is called |
| parameter | defines the type of value to receive when a method or constructor is called |
| String literal | a sequence of characters enclosed in quotation marks ( " " ) |
| algorithm | a finite set of instructions that accomplish a task |
| condition | determines whether or not to execute a block of code |
| Iteration statement | a control structure that repeatedly executes a block of code |
| inheritance | an object-oriented programming principle where a subclass inherits the attributes and behaviors of a superclass |
| subclass | a class that extends a superclass and inherits its attributes and behaviors |
| superclass | a class that can be extended to create subclasses |
| Tester class | the class that contains the main method and from where the program starts running |
| Method signature | consists of a name and parameter list |
| return | to exit a method and go back to the point in the program that called it with the requested value or information |
| Return type | the value returned before a method completes its execution and exits |
| void | specifies that a method should not have a return value |
| Code review | the process of examining code and providing feedback to improve the quality and functionality of the program |
| commit | an operation which saves the latest changes of the code and represents a snapshot of a project |
| documentation | written descriptions of the purpose and functionality of code |
| Programming style | a set of guidelines and best practices for formatting program code |
| Selection statement | a statement that only executes when a condition is true |
| Data type | the format of the data that can be stored in a variable |
| declaration | giving a name and data type to a variable |
| variable | a container that stores a value in memory |
| decomposition | the process of breaking a problem down into smaller parts to write methods for each part |
| efficient | getting the best outcome with the least amount of waste |
| pseudocode | a plain language description of the steps in an algorithm |
| redundant | code that is unnecessary |
