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Comp. Sci. - Python
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Term | Definition |
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Loop | A portion of an algorithm that is repeated |
Machine Language | The only kind of language that can be executed directly by the computer |
Immutable (one-word answer) | Unchangeable |
Logic | The Mathematics of truth and falsity |
Code Coverage Testing | choosing sufficient test data to ensure execution of every line |
Data Coverage Testing | choosing data from each relevant category: extremes and boundary cases |
Concatenate | To join together end to end |
Overloaded | With more than one purpose depending on the context |
Method | The function attached to a data structure that performs some computation with that structure |
High-Level Language | 'Algebraic' in form; easier for writing complex programs |
Assembly Language | Similar to machine language, but symbolic rather than binary |
Unit Testing | Testing a 'small' unit of the program apart from the rest of the code |
Integration Testing | Testing the combined units (i,e,, the entire program) after unit testing |
Regression Testing | Testing during maintenance. (what most programmers do/most of maintenance) |
Beta Testing | Testing in a production environment |
Driver | A simple main program that calls the unit repeatedly for testing |
Character String | A kind of data structure |