Programming Vocab

4. data type/ an example is string data type
7. string/two quotation marks with no space
9. of big numbers from one data type to another data type that can store larger numbers
13. instruction that causes the computer to perform some action after being executed
14. word with special meaning
16. rules for programming languages
17. data types/the basic data types built into C++
19. numbers/numbers that contain a decimal place

1. conversion of a number from data type to another data type that can only store smaller numbers
2. a beginning value
3. literal constants/numbers
5. whole number without a decimal place
6. type conversion/converting a numeric value to fit a memory location
8. constant/an item of data that can appear in program instructions and be stored in a memory location
10. while a program is running
11. memory location whose value can change during runtime
12. constant/a memory location whose value cannot be changed during runtime
15. group of characters treated as one unit and not used in a calculation
16. literal constant/ zero or more characters in quotations
18. number system/ system using the digits 0 through 9