Chapter 5
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accessor
A method that does not return values (of all other types). (156)
Application Programming Interface (API)
The set of interfaces in a package or an entire language. (156)
aspect ratio
The ratio of an image?s width to its height. (165)
default constructor
A constructor without parameters. (156)
edge detection
The process of removing the full colors of an image to uncover the outlines of the objects represented in the image. (162)
enhanced for loop
A loop that is used to visit each element in a data structure without needing to know their positions in the structure. (158)
mutators
A method used to change the value of an attribute of an object. (156)
object instantiation
The process of making a new object available to a program by using a constructor with the new operator. (155)
object recognition
The detection of objects in images. (162)
row-major traversal
In a loop - when the loop marches across a row in a grid - prints the coordinates at each column in the row and then moves on to the next row. (161)
sampling rate
The value representing the number of samples captured per second. (167)
screen coordinate system
The grid for the display of images; the origin is (0 / 0) in the upper-left corner and the grid extends to the lower-right corner (width -1, height -1). (150)
sound clip
The set of samples that represents an approximation of an original analog sound. (167)
splicing
The process of placing one sound clip after another to create a new sound. (172)