AP Comp Sci A- chap 1 vocab quiz

exception

an error in a program that makes it fail at run-time. Also called a run-time error.

logic error

an error in a program that makes it do something other than what the programmer intended.

debugging

the process of finding and removing any of three kinds of error

natural languages

any of the languages people speak that have evolved naturally

interpret

to run a program in a high-level language by translating it one line at a time

compile

to translate a program in a high-level language into a low-level language, all at once, in preparation for later execution

source code

a program in a high-level language, before being compiled

object code

the output of the compiler, after translating the program

executable

another name for object code that is ready to run

byte code

a special kind of object code used for Java program. Byte code is similar to low-level language, but it is portable, like high-level language

statement

a part of the program that specifies a computation

print statement

a statement that causes the output to be displayed on the screen

comment

a part of the program that contains information about the program, but that has no effect when the program runs.

method

a named collection of statements

library

a collection of class and method definitions

bug

an error in a program

syntax

the structure of a program

semantics

the meaning of a program

parse

to examine a program and analyze the syntactic structure

syntax error

an error in the program that makes it impossible to parse (and therefore impossible to compile)

portability

a property of a program that can run of more than one kind of computer

problem-solving

the process of formulating a problem, finding a solution, and expressing the solution

high-level language

a programming language like java that is designed to be easy for humans to read and write

low-level language

a programming language that is designed to be easy for a computer to run. Also called “machine learning” or “assembly language”

formal language

any of the languages people have designed for specific purposes, like representing mathematical ideas or computer programs. All programming languages are formal language