application program interface--a collection of commands made available to a programmer
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Hexadecimal
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A base-16 number system that uses sixteen distinct symbols 0-9 and A-F to represent numbers from 0 to 15.
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Parameter
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An extra piece of information passed to a function to customize it for a specific need
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Low Level Programming Language
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A programming language that captures only the most primitive operations available to a machine. Anything that a computer can do can be represented with combinations of low level commands.
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High Level Programming Language
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A programming language with many commands and features designed to make common tasks easier to program. Any high level functionality is encapsulated as combinations of low level commands.
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Library
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a collection of commands / functions, typically with a shared purpose
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Documentation
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a description of the behavior of a command, function, library, API, etc.