B

baseline

The imaginary horizontal line on which the bodies of text characters rest.

binary operators

Numeric or boolean operators that take two operands.

bit

The smallest unit of memory, capable of storing 0 or 1. Abbreviation of “binary digit.”

Bitwise operation

Operation in which operands are treated as collections of unrelated individual bits. Only performed on integer data types.

block

A contiguous piece of code that begins with an open curly bracket and ends with a matching closed curly bracket.

boolean (keyword)

A primitive data type that represents true or false.

bounding box

The smallest rectangle that encloses an oval.

byte (keyword)

An 8-bit signed integer primitive data type.

bytecode

The instruction code for the Java Virtual Machine.