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• Software that executes Java codes.


  Java Virtual Machine
• A keyword in Java that created an object from the specified class


  new
• Applications that aim to solve complex and computational problems.


  High-Performance Computing
• Allows a program to execute many tasks at the same time.


  Multithreading
• Used by class, method, and class variable to define how they will be accessed by other objects and other methods.


  Access Modifiers
• An access modifier that indicates a class, method, or class variable can be accessed by any object or method directly.


  public
• The type of data echoed by a method. Using void returns nothing.


  return type
• They are values passed as a parameter to methods.


  Arguments.
• An acronym for "integrated development environment".


  IDE
• Used to create programs with ease.


  IDE
• What does ASCII stand for?


  American Standard Code for Information Interchange
• Process of converting a value to the type of variable.


  Casting
• Process of joining values together.


  Concatenation
• Identifier whose value can never be changed once initialized.


  Constant
• User-defined name for methods, classes, objects, variables, and labels.


  Identifier
• A word used by the Java compiler for a specific purpose.


  Java Keyword
• Values that are assigned to variables or constants.


  Literals
• Universal code that has a unique number to represent each character.


  Unicode
• Identifier whose values can be changed.


  Variable
• Expressions that evaluate to a truth value.


  Boolean Expressions
• Composed of variables, operators, and method calls that result in a single value.


  Expression
• A combination of operators; is used to minimize retyping of variable names.


  Shorthand Operator
• Shows a summary of how a specific operation is evaluated.


  Truth Table
• Either true or false.


  Truth Value
• Memory management that is done by Java.


  Garbage Collection
• A loop that will not end possibly because the condition that should be satisfied to execute will always return true.


  Infinite Loop
• Permit a set of instructions to be repeated until a condition doesn't satisfy to execute.


  Loops
• A group of codes within the same scope (within the same open and close braces)


  Block
• Converts a primitive data type into an object, allowing further manipulations on the data stored.


  Wrapper Class
• A method called when you create a new object; has the same name as the class.


  Constructor
• Process of acquiring the characteristics of a class.


  Inheritance
• Class with no implementation.


  Interface
• Methods that have the same name but with different argument lists or parameters.


  Method Overloading
• Method of a subclass that has the same method signature as a method in the superclass.


  Overriding
• Child class that inherits characteristics from their parent class.


  Sublcass
• Parent class whose characteristics are inherited by other classes.


  Superclass
• Window with resizable borders; has a title.


  Frame
• Rectangular area that cannot stand alone; has to be placed in another container such as a frame or a Web browser window.


  Panel