Someone tells you that a particular program uses recursion. What does this mean?

What will be an ideal response?

A recursive program is one in which a method invokes (makes a call to) itself. The method may call itself
directly, or it may call itself as part of a sequence of method calls, for example, A calls B, which calls C, which calls A.

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The inline keyword:

a. Increases function-call overhead. b. Can reduce a function’s execution time but increase program size. c. Can decrease program size but increase the function’s execution time. d. Should be used with all frequently used functions.

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_________ are actions initiated by a user or a browser, such as clicking on an object on a form or closing a webpage.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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