Glossary of computer programming terms

• abstract data type - See abstract data type.
• abstraction - See abstraction.
• anonymous function - See anonymous function.
• closure - See closure.
• comment - Text that does not affect the program, but helps human readability.
• computational complexity - See computational complexity.
• data science - See data science.
• data structure - See data structure.
• database - See database.
• debounce - See debounce.
• encapsulation - See encapsulation.
• expression - A code fragment that evaluates to some value.
• functional programming - See functional programming.
• immutability - See immutability.
• inheritance - See inheritance.
• mapreduce- See mapreduce.
• memoization - See memoization.
• model of computation - See model of computation.
• mutability - See mutability.
• object-oriented programming - See object-oriented programming.
• polymorphism - See polymorphism.
• procedural programming - See procedural programming.
• program - A collection of statements that performs some functionality or task.
• programming paradigm - See programming paradigm.
• recursion - See recursion.
• statement - A code fragment that performs some action.
• syntax - Rules and symbols used by a language.
• type coercion - See type coercion.
• type system - See type system.