Unit 7: Parameters, Return, and Libraries

Question 1

parameter

Answer 1

a variable in a function, used as a placeholder for values that will be passed through function

Question 2

argument

Answer 2

the value passed to the parameter

Question 3

return

Answer 3

used to return the flow of control to the point where the procedure was called and to return the value of expression

Question 4

procedural abstraction

Answer 4

a process that allows a procedure to be used only knowing what it does, not how it does it. allows a solution to a large problem to be based on the solution of smaller subproblems by creating procedures to solve each of the subproblems.

Question 5

library

Answer 5

a group of functions that may be used in creating new programs

Question 6

API

Answer 6

application program interface, specifications for how functions in a library behave and can be used