Computer Programming Chapter 3 Review

A named sequence of statements that performs some useful operation. Functions may or may not take arguments and may or may not produce a result.

• function

• statement

• expression

• value

A statement that creates a new function, specifying its name, parameters, and the statements it contains.

• function definition

• module import statement

• function call

• program script filename

A value created by a function definition. The name of the function is a variable that refers to a function object.

• function object

• module object

• data type

• return value

The first line of a function definition.

• header

• body

• parameter

• function call

The sequence of statements inside a function definition.

• body

• header

• parameter

• argument

A name used inside a function to refer to the value passed as an argument.

• parameter

• body

• header

• function call

A statement that runs a function. It consists of the function name followed by an argument list in parentheses.

• function call

• parameter

• body

• header

A value provided to a function when the function is called. This value is assigned to the corresponding parameter in the function.

• argument

• parameter

• header

• body

A variable defined inside a function which can only be used inside its function.

• local variable

• return value

• global variable

• argument

The result of a function.

• return value

• argument

• parameter

• local variable