| A | B |
| function | In programming, a named section of a program that performs a specific task. |
| variable | The smallest unit of data storage that a program can use. |
| underscore case | A style of writing where the underscore character (_) is substituted for spaces and everything is lowercase. |
| syntax | The set of rules that defines the combinations of symbols that are considered to be correctly structured in that language. |
| assignment operator | An operator, represented by the equal sign "=" in code, that assigns the value on the right side of the operator (called an operand) to what is on the left side of the operator. |
| equality operator | An operator that compares two values. |
| type | The kind of data stored in a variable. |
| syntactically | According to the rules of syntax. |