Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Glossary of object-oriented programming 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 Binding time 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 contructor - a constructor without any argument. Deep copy Delegation Destructor Dispatch table Dynamic binding Dynamic class Dynamically typed language Dynamic variable Eary binding ECOOP Encapsulation Factory method Factory object Finalizer Fragile base class Generic method has-a relation 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 is-a relation isa link Iterator Late binding Message Message selector (also called method selector) Metaclass Metaprogramming Method designator Method lookup 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 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 RTTI - Run-Time Type Identification system 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 This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.