What are reserved words? What are user defined words? (Programming Terms)

|What are reserved words? What are user defined words? (Programming Terms)

Differentiate between reserved words are user defined words (UDF).

Reserved Words

  • Reserved words are the words in programming which have a specific meaning to the basic interpreter and compiler.
  • Reserved words of programing are statements, commands and functions.
  • Reserved words are program independent.
  • These words cannot be classified as string and numeric variables.
  • Eg: PRINT, CLS, END, INPUT, etc

User Defined Words (UDF)

  • User defined words are the words in programming which don't have a specific meaning to the basic interpreter and compiler.
  • User defined words are the variable that user uses in the program.
  • User defined words are program dependent
  • These words can be classified as numeric and string variable.
  • Eg: nam$, class, roll, telephone, address$, etc.

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