What exactly is an "argument"?

[AlanMcS]

Howdy - I am a junior programer and while I understand functions and variables, I DO NOT understand what is meant by arguments. Programming books speak of them as though they were everyday household objects that EVERYBODY just knows about, so why define them. Please, what is an argument, and what other parts of the code are interdependent of arguments?

 

[NickBulka]

an argument is the same as a parameter. When you call a function, the items passed inside the parens are arguments.

 

[AlanMcS]

Thanks Nick; I didn't know it was as simple as that! Thanks again!