Glossary

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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.

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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.