Unit 7 - Parameters, Return, And Libraries

Question 1

Parameter

Answer 1

A variable in a function definition. Used as a placeholder for values that will be passed through the 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 (aka function) was called and to return the value of the expression

Question 4

Procedural abstraction

Answer 4

A process and allows a procedure to be used only knowing what it does, not how it does it. Procedural abstraction allows a solution to a large problem to be based on the solution of smaller subproblems, This is accomplished by creating smaller procedures to solve each of the subproblem.

Question 5

API

Answer 5

Application Program Interface - specifications for how functions in a library behave and can be used