CMPT 120 Study Guide - Final Guide: Type System, Data Type, Exponentiation

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Computing Science
• Course: CMPT 120
• Professor: Steven Pearce

Document Summary

They re facts / figures which relay something specific, but which are not organized in any way (unprocessed information) A set of rules that assigns a property (type) to the elements of a computer program (variables / expressions / functions) for the purpose of reducing coding errors. A classification scheme that identifies various types of data: real, integer, boolean, float that is. Complex data type: array is build upon simpler data types: float variables. A way to describe how a program is storing information given, invisible to the programmer where implementation ( the method for storing and manipulation) is done behind the scenes. Data structure decides how complex data types are stored \ An arrangements of objects that follow a specific pattern (rows / columns) and can be classified as both complex data type and a data structure. Numerical and logical data are processed into information through the arithmetic / logic unit circuits.