A program that appears in a window, often intended to be embedded in a HTML document.
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reserved words or keywords
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Words used by java that have a special meaning. They cannot be used as variable names.
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declaration
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An equation (has an =) that identifies a variable.
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termination condition
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The condition that stops the loop.
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final or user-defined constant
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Constant, cannot be changed.
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update statement
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The way the index of a loop changes value.
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round off errors
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When double values are translated to binary bits information is lost or created.
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application
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A stand-alone Java program stored and executed on the user's local computer.
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short-cut evalulation
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The process in an "if statment" that allows it to skip the rest of the stated program, should it come to the conclusion prior to the end of the program.
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compound boolean expressions
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Combination of two conditionals that evaluate to true or false.
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binary
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A string of bits, Base 2.
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mantissa
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Specifies the digits of a number when an exponent is used.
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static
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Not belonging to a class or individual objects.
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hexidecimal
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Number utilizing base 16
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instance variables
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identifiers used to descibe the attributes of an object.
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unchecked exception
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An error that will not be resolved in the program.
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boolean expression
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Is a selection control structure that introduces a decision-making ability into a program, TRUE or FALSE
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overflow error
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When you try to strore a value whose magnitude is too big an int variable.
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double precision
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A binary computing format that occupies 8 bytes in computer memory.
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variable
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An identifier that represents a location in memory.
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nested or embedded
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One control statement inside another, such as an if or loop.
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logical operator
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Applied to boolean expressions to form compound boolean expressions that evaluate to true or false. AND, OR and NOT.
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exception
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An error condition that occurs during the execution of a Java program.
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initialization
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To start, the first value given to a variable
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statements
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A line of java code.
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single precision
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A binary computing format that occupies 4 bytes in computer memory.
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relational operator
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Used in boolean expressions that evaluate to true or false. Combinations of <. > or =
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primative types or built in type
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Type of sequence of letters or digits specified by int, boolean, or double.
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base or radix
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In an example of 2^X, 2 is the base or radix. The numeric in an exponent.
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identifier
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Name of a variable, parameter, constant, user-defined method, or user-defined class.
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checked exception
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An error that is resolved in a program usually with a try..catch block.