Glossary
A-C
- Assignment
- Moving a value into a variable. E.g.
age = 10
we are assigning the value 10 to the variable age.
- Constant
- A constant is an area in RAM which stores a value which can’t be changed at runtime. You have to change the value in the programming code. An identifier (constant name) will point to the location in RAM.
D-Z
- Identifier
- Another name for a variable name, constant name or function/procedure name.
- Runtime
- When a computer is running or executing a particular program.
- Value
- An actual number, character, string or boolean. E.g.
10
, 'c'
, "hello"
, True
- Variable name
- The name (identifier) used to reference a variable.