| A | B |
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| consist of letters, numbers, and maybe an underscore, however no punctuation characters or spaces | variable names |
| will contain numbers with decimals | double data type |
| assign the variable a beginning value | initializing the variable |
| three parts to declaring a variable | determine the name, declare the type, assing ititial value |
| first item coded is the | data type |
| datatype variableName = | initialValue; |
| standard output stream, which refers to the monitor | cout |
| standard input stream, which refers to the keyboard | cin |
| used to separate the different data items you would like to display | insertion operator (<<) |
| used with the cin stream to allow the user to enter data | extraction operator (>>) |
| allows the program to manipulate, or manage, the input and output stream characters in some way | stream manipulator |
| stream manipulator to advance the cursor to the next line on the screen | endl |
| the process of locating and removing any errors | debugging |
| violation of the rules of the language | syntax errors |
| when the computer does what you told it to do vs. what you meant for it to do | logic errors |
| procedural-oriented language, as well as an object-oriented language | C++ |
| a text editor and a C++ compiler | IDE or Integrated Development Environment |
| the text editor is used to enter the C++ program itself | source code |
