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[?]
• Garbage collection
• Generic method[?]
• has-a relation[?]
• Heap-based memory allocation[?]
• Hybrid language[?]
• Immutable object (also called immutable value)
• Information hiding
• Inheritence[?]
• 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[?]
• Shadow 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