Arrays

array

holds many items of the same type

initializer list

the values that you instantiate in an array

index numbers

locations that are used to assign to each element found in the array

traverse

the way an element in a data structured is accessed, or modified

null

the default value for every object

NullPointerException

since null isn’t a valid object, the code performed on null will result in this

Sequential search

goes in order through each value until the desired one is found

Binary search

requires an ordered list of values, and every time it cuts the list of values in half until it finds the desired value

selection sort

the selection sort searches and swaps

merge sort

uses recursion, this type of sort divides and conquers, the array gets split into 2 pieces and then it is sorted, the 2 sorted pieces than come together to form one sorted list

recursion

using a method to call itself

insertion sort

the array is split into a sorted and unsorted part, the values from the unsorted part are placed at the correct position in the sorted part

2D Arrays

an array that holds items in a 2 dimensional grid, it’s storing items in rows and columns