AP Unit 3 Vocabulary Flashcards

8567054322	Primitive Data	Holds only one piece of data at a time. The variable holds the actual value. Example: int and double	0
8567054323	Class Data	Holds more than one piece of data at a time and can hold data of different types. Has built in methods (tools). Users can create their own. The variable holds the memory location of the actual data - REFERS to it. Example: Strings	1
8567054324	Garbage Collection	Java goes through and "cleans up" any unattached values in memory.	2
8567054325	Overloaded	This means the method has multiple uses depending on the type or number of parameters used.	3
8567054326	Methods	Code that is given a name and parameters that belong to a class. (Spells)	4
8567054327	Object	A variable of a class type. It can hold lots of data and has methods. It is different than a primitive type.	5
8567054328	Array	An object that holds more than one thing in memory. All items must be the same data type. They can hold primitive types or class types.	6
8567054329	New	A Java command that creates a new reference - this is when Java stores the memory address in the variable.	7
8567054330	Element	The value held in each index of an array.	8
8567054331	Index	The address of the elements in an array.	9
8567054332	Initialize (array)	Stores known values in an array.	10
8567054333	Initializer Lists	Automatically sets the values in an array.	11
8567054334	The For header	The first line of a For loop.	12
8567054336	Algorithms	A process that has an order, has clear instructions, has operations that can be done by a computer, produces a result, and stops in a finite amount of time	13
8567054337	Insertion	Means putting a value into the middle of an array	14
8567054338	Deletion	Means removing a value from the middle of an array	15