Game Development Reference
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Glossary
task easier.
conversion specifiers
- The text inside a string that makes use of string interpolation.
The most common conversion specifier is
%s
, which specifies that the variable it
interpolates should be converted to a string.
cpu
- see, Central Processing Unit
crash
- An event that happens because of a runtime error. After crashing, the program
immediately terminates.
cryptanalysis
- The science of breaking secret codes and ciphers.
cryptography
- The science of making secret codes and ciphers.
data types
- A category of values. Some types in Python are: strings, integers, floats,
boolean, lists, and NoneType.
debugger
- A program that lets you step through your code one line at a time (in the
same order that Python executes them), and shows what values are stored in all of the
variables.
decrementing
- To decrease a numeric value by one.
decrypting
- To convert an encrypted message to the readable plaintext version.
def statement
- A statement that defines a new function. The def statement begins with
the
def
keyword, followed by the function name and a set of parentheses, with any
number of parameter names delimited by commas. At the end is a : colon character. For
example,
def funcName(param1, param2):
delimit
- To separate with. For example, the string
'cats,dogs,mice'
is delimited
with commas.
dictionary
- A container data type that can store other values. Values are accessed by a
key. For example,
spam['foo'] = 42
assigns the key
'foo'
of the
spam
dictionary
the value
42
.
else statement
- An
else
statement always follows an
if
statement, and the code
inside the else-block is executed if the
if
statement's condition was
False
.
empty list
- The list
[]
, which contains no values and has a length of zero. See also,
empty string.
empty string
- The string
''
, which contains no characters and has a length of zero.
See also, empty list.
