AP Computer Science Unit 4 Vocab

Assignment Operator

allows a program to change the value represented by a variable

Boolean Value

a data type that is either true or false

Comparison Operators

==, =!, greater than, less than; indicate a Boolean expression

Condition Statement

affects the sequential flow of control by executing different statements based on the value of a Boolean expression

Expression

a combination of operators and values to a single value

Function

a named group of programming instructions. Also referred to as “procedure”

Function Call

a command that executes the code within a function

Logical Operator

NOT, AND, and OR, which evaluates to a Boolean value

String

an ordered sequence of characters

Variable

a named reference to a value that can be used throughout a program