C++ Primer, Fifth Edition

Defined Terms

argument Value passed to a function.

assignment Obliterates an object’s current value and replaces that value by a new one.

block Sequence of zero or more statements enclosed in curly braces.

buffer A region of storage used to hold data. IO facilities often store input (or output) in a buffer and read or write the buffer independently from actions in the program. Output buffers can be explicitly flushed to force the buffer to be written. By default, reading cin flushes cout; cout is also flushed when the program ends normally.

built-in type Type, such as int, defined by the language.

cerr ostream object tied to the standard error, which often writes to the same device as the standard output. By default, writes to cerr are not buffered. ...