Wyo C++ Vocabulary Words

Chapter 1

1. basic input/output system (BIOS)
2. central processing unit (CPU)
3. hard disk
4. hardware
5. microprocessor
6. motherboard
7. primary storage
8. secondary storage
9. random-access memory (RAM)
10. read-only memory (ROM)
11. registers
12. volatile

Chapter 2

1. algorithm
2. American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)
3. bit
4. byte
5. binary number system
6. hexadecimal number system
7. graphical user interface (GUI)
8. high-level language
9. low-level language
10. Assembly language
11. machine language
12. compiler
13. interpreter
14. linker
15. source code
16. object code
17. executable file
18. operating system
19. pseudocode
20. flowchart
21. run-time error
22. syntax error
23. text editor

Chapter 3

1. comments
2. compiler directive
3. header file
4. function

Chapter 4

1. variable
2. constant
3. data type
4. exponential notation
5. floating-point value
6. integer value
7. identifier
8. to initialize a variable
9. to declare a variable
10. garbage value
11. keyword
12. unsigned
13. Boolean variable

Chapter 5

1. incrementing operator
2. decrementing operator
3. arithmetic operators
4. assignment operator
5. compound operators
6. assignment statement
7. expression
8. modulus operator
9. order of operations
10. overflow
11. underflow
12. to truncate
13. promotion
14. typecasting
15. typecasting operators

Chapter 6

1. apstring object
2. instantiate
3. character literal
4. string literal
5. delimiter
6. stream
7. cin
8. cout
9. input operator (aka extraction operator)
10. output operator (aka insertion operator)
11. C++ character array
12. null terminator
13. standard input device
14. standard output device
15. escape sequence
16. escape operator
17. stream manipulators (e.g. setprecision)
18. endl

Chapter 7

1. selection structure
2. one-way selection structure
3. two-way selection structure
4. if structure
5. if/else structure
6. if/else if structure
7. control expression
8. logical operators (aka Boolean operators)
9. relational operators (aka comparison operators)
10. nested if structures
11. switch structure
12. short-circuit evaluation
13. logical truth table

Chapter 8

1. iteration structure
2. while loop
3. do while loop
4. for loop
5. initializing expression
6. control expression
7. step expression
8. iteration
9. infinite loop (aka runaway loop)
10. nested loops

Chapter 9   

1. function
2. formal parameter
3. actual parameter (aka argument)
4. bottom-up design
5. top-down design
6. reusability
7. autonomy
8. encapsulation
9. global variable
10. local variable
11. variable scope
12. library functions
13. passing by reference
14. passing by value
15. function prototype

Chapter 10   

1. struct
2. member
3. field
4. record
5. dot operator (aka member access operator)
6. nested structure
7. primitive data structure
8. simple data structure
9. enum

Chapter 11   

1. sequential-access file
2. random-access file
3. file pointer
4. opening a file
5. closing a file
6. reading from a file
7. writing to a file
8. appending to a file
9. stream
10. stream operation modes
11. eof function
12. fstream.h header file
13. istream
14. ostream
15. getline apstring function
16. c_str apstring function
17. hard-coded
    
    

Chapter 12

1. procedural programming paradigm
2. object-oriented programming (OOP) paradigm
3. class
4. object
5. member variable (property)
6. member function (method)
7. modifier
8. accessor
9. member selection operator (aka member access operator, dot operator)
10. scope resolution operator
11. to instantiate an object
12. default constructor
13. initializer list
14. copy constructor
15. class interface
16. header file
17. class implementation
18. client program
19. encapsulation
20. inheritance
21. reusability
22. base class (aka parent class or superclass)
23. derived class (aka child class or subclass)
24. has-a relationship
25. is-a relationship

Chapter 13

1. apstring class
2. bounds-checking
3. concatenation
4. destructor
5. overloaded operator
6. overloaded function
7. substring
8. *this
9. c_str
10. getline
11. free function

Chapter 14

1. apvector class
2. apvector object
3. element
4. resize apvector class member function
5. length apvector class member function
6. template class
7. template function

Chapter 15   

1. apmatrix class
2. apmatrix object
3. numrows member function
4. numcols member function
5. resize apmatrix class member function
6. parallel arrays or vectors
7. primitive data structures
8. simple data structures

Chapter 16 (we will not be studying this chapter)

1. allocate
2. circularly-linked list
3. deallocate
4. doubly-linked list
5. dynamic data structure
6. free
7. heap
8. linked list
9. node
10. null pointer
11. singly-linked list
12. static data structure
13. structure pointer operator
14. traversing

Chapter 17  (we will not be studying this chapter)

1. ancestors
2. balance
3. binary tree
4. branches
5. branch nodes
6. children
7. dequeue
8. descendants
9. enqueue
10. first-in first-out (FIFO)
11. key
12. last-in last-out (LIFO)
13. leaf nodes
14. left child
15. levels
16. linear data structure
17. node
18. nonlinear data structure
19. nonterminal nodes
20. offspring
21. parent
22. pop
23. push
24. queue
25. right child
26. root
27. siblings
28. stack
29. stack overflow
30. subtree
31. terminal nodes
32. tree

Chapter 18   

1. recursion
2. recursive function
3. stack
4. stack overflow
5. exit condition of a recursive function
6. sequential search
7. binary search
8. key
9. key field

Chapter 19   

1. ascending order
2. bubble sort
3. descending order
4. divide and conquer approach
5. external sort
6. incremental approach
7. input size
8. insertion sort
9. key field
10. key value
11. merge sort
12. partition
13. quicksort
14. selection sort
15. Shell sort
16. sorting