Chapter 15

Question 1

class

Answer 1

a user-defined type. a class definition creates a new class object.

Question 2

class object

Answer 2

an object that contains information about a user-defined type. the class object can be used to create instances of the type.

Question 3

instance

Answer 3

an object that belongs to a class.

Question 4

attribute

Answer 4

one of the named values associated with an object.

Question 5

embedded (object)

Answer 5

an object that is stored as an attribute of another object.

Question 6

shallow copy

Answer 6

to copy the contents of an object, including any references to embedded objects; implemented by the copy function in the copy module.

Question 7

deep copy

Answer 7

to copy the contents of an object as well as any embedded objects, and any objects embedded in them, and so on; implemented by the deepcopy function in the copy module.

Question 8

object diagram

Answer 8

a diagram that shows objects, their attributes, and the values of the attributes.