Deleting an element from an ArrayList refers to the process of removing a specific item from the list, causing the remaining elements to shift down and fill the empty space.
Imagine you have a jar filled with different colored candies. If you want to remove a specific candy from the jar, you would take it out, and all the other candies would move down to fill its place.
Index: An index is a numerical value that represents the position of an element in an ordered list or array.
Remove method: The remove method is used to delete an element at a specified index from an ArrayList.
Size: Size refers to the number of elements currently stored in an ArrayList.
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