Primitive Types

Computer Science

An official name that pertains to the world of computers, and coding.

Programming style

A specific way that someone programs

commenting

Comments on the code, they don’t execute anything, but are their to improve the readability of the program for anyone looking at it

interpreter

enables the computer to understand the code

binary

the languages that computers understand, 0’s and 1’s

compiling

the process where the interpreter translates the java code into binary

compile-time error

when compiling stops because of an error within the code

logical error

something is incorrect with the logic behind the code, and it doesn’t give the provided output

run-time error

an error that isn’t caught by the compiler, but it produces an error during the execution of the code

string literal(string)

this is a type in java used to represent words, or sentences

escape sequence

a piece of code that begins with a backslash that indicates specific characters

assign

this sets values to a variable

assignment operator

The equal sign, =, that assigns a value to something

variable

used to store information to referenced, so that it can be manipulated in the program

concatenation operator

\+ sign that is used between 2 entities to combine them

primitive data

the basic types of data used in java

integer

(int) it represents an integer number

double

(double) it represents a number that can be positive, negative, or zero and can contain decimals, or be fractions

boolean

(boolean) a representation of a value that is either true or false

character

(char) represents any single character that can be represented on the computer anywhere from special characters, letters, numbers, and spaces

precedence

the order of operations in java

strongly typed

meaning that java makes you define the variables data type

casting

has a higher precedence than all the other operators, and is used to convert the output that is produced

increment operator

used to increase the value of a number by 1

decrement operator

used to decrease the value of a number by 1