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Glossary of object-oriented programming

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Those words found in object-oriented programming. Some are related to OOP and some not.

• Abstract class (also called Deferred class)
• Abstract method
• Access control
• Accessor method
• Allocated class
• Automatic strage management
• Binding
• Cascaded message
• Cast
• Class
• Class hierarchy
• Class method
• Class object
• Client-side computing
• Cohesion
• Collaborator
• Collection class
• Composition
• Constructor
• Container class
• Contravariance
• Copy constructor
• Coupling
• Covariance
• Data hiding
• Default constructor - a constructor without any argument.
• Deep copy
• Delegation
• Destructor
• Dispatch table
• Dynamic binding
• Dynamic class
• Dynamically typed language
• Dynamic variable
• Early binding
• ECOOP
• Encapsulation
• Facade - patern
• Factory method
• Factory object
• Finalizer
• Fragile base class
• Generic method
• Heap-based memory allocation
• Hybrid language
• Immutable object (also called immutable value)
• Information hiding
• Inheritance
• Initialize
• in-line function
• Inner class
• Instance
• Instance method
• Instance variable (also called data member)
• Interaction diagram
• isa link
• Iterator
• Late binding
• Message
• Message selector (also called method selector)
• Metaclass
• Metaprogramming
• Method designator
• Method lookup
• Modularity
• Multiple inheritance
• Mutator method
• Name mangling
• Namespace
• Native method
• Nested class
• Object
• Object hierarchy
• Object type
• OOPSLA -- annual conference on Object-Oriented Programming Systems Language and Application
• Overload
• Patterns
• Paradigm
• Parametric overloading
• Parameterized classes
• Parnas's principles
• Persistent object
• Polymorphic
• Primitive
• Protocol
• Prototype
• Pseudo-variable
• Pure polymorphism
• Pure virtual method
• Rapid prototyping
• Receiver
• Reference variable
• Refinement
• Responsibility-driven design
• Reverse polymorphism
• Run-time Type Information
• Scope
• Shadowed name
• Single-assignment variable
• Slicing
• Specification class, a class implementing abstract class
• Stack-based memory allocation
• Shallow copy, as opposed to Deep copy
• Static method
• Statically typed language, as opposed to Dynamically typed language
• Strongly typed language
• Subclass (also called child class or derived class)
• Subclass coupling
• Principle of substitutability
• Subtype
• Superclass (also called parent class or base class)
• Virtual method
• Virtual method pointer
• Virtual method table
• yo-yo problem
• Weak reference