Ch. 5 Vocab

Question 0

Application programming interface

Answer 0

The set of interfaces in a package or an entire language

Question 1

Accessor

Answer 1

A method used to examine an attribute of an object without changing it

Question 2

Aspect ratio

Answer 2

The ratio of the width of an image or viewing area to its height

Question 3

Default constructor

Answer 3

A method that Java provides for creating objects of a class. The programmer can override this method to do extra things

Question 4

Edge detection

Answer 4

The process whereby the boundaries of shapes or objects are detected within an image

Question 5

Enhanced for loop

Answer 5

A special type of for loop that traverses an array or array list from beginning to end, binding a local variable to each element in the array or list

Question 6

Mutators

Answer 6

Methods of type void (do not return a value, but are used to modify contents of an object)

Question 7

Object instantiation

Answer 7

Makes a new object available to a program

Question 8

Object recognition

Answer 8

Detection of objects in images

Question 9

Row-major transversal

Answer 9

The process of visiting elements in a two- dimensional array whereby each element in a row is accessed before moving on to the next row

Question 10

Sampling rate

Answer 10

The number of samples of a sound wave taken per second of time

Question 11

Screen coordinate system

Answer 11

A coordinate system used by most programming languages in which the origin is in the upper-left corner of the screen, window, or panel, and the y values increase toward the bottom of the drawing area

Question 12

Sound clip

Answer 12

A sequence of sample values that represents a portion of a sound wave over time

Question 13

Splicing

Answer 13

The process of gluing together two sound clips