Comp Sci Jeroo Terms

object

Jeroo is an (BLANK) oriented programming language

program

set of instructions for a computer

source code

written by a programmer in some programming language

comment

starts with // and is simply notes for the human reading the code

boolean

a statement that can only be evaluated to true or false

algorithm

plan for solving a problem

case-sensitive

a language that treats upper-case and lower-case letters as being different from one another is said to be…

syntax

set of rules for writing or speaking that language

semantics

the meaning associated with valid expressions is known as the (BLANK) of the expression

instantiation

the process of creating a specific object is called…

attribute

a fact associated with an object

behavior

an action that an object can take or a task that it can perform in response to a request from an external source

method

a collection of statements that are written in some programming language to describe a specific behavior

precondition

something the is assumed to be true before the method is invoked

postcondition

something that is assumed to be true after the method has been executed

message

a request for a specific object to perform a specific task

class

collection of statements that are written in some programming language to describe both the attributes and behaviors of an object

constructor

the special method that is called to instantiate an object

default

the initial values of the attributes of an objectt

pseudocode

part code and part english

parameters

values passed into a method or a constructor