Definitions

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Polymorphism

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Allows us to have the same method take on different meanings depending on the instantiated class

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Encapsulation

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Combining together of class attributes and method behaviors into a single data type

With the public interface and private implantation

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Information Hiding

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Hiding fields and complexity of code from class code

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Class

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A user defined data type that encapsulates data and methods

Acts as a template for construction of objects

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Object

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Instance of a class

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Application / Interface

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The app that accesses the interface that accesses the class

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Instantiation

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The instance that memory is allocated for specific object of a class

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Inheritance

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The ability to add onto a class
To create a more specific class model extending it

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Parameters

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Used to pass variables between methods

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Arrays

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A variable that stores many elements of a Particular type or object

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Parallel Arrays

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A set of arrays which are used with in conjunction with each other where by different related content is stored in corresponding elements

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Overload

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If you have more than one method with the same name but bearing different methods the method is called overloading

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Override

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When a child class inherits from a parent class that have similar methods to each other the methods are overridden

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Virtual

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When a method is placed in the parent class and the override directive is used in the child class

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Constructor

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The method that instantiates the objects of the class

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Mutator methods

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Set parameterise methods which change the value of a field of the object

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Accessor methods

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Functions that returns the value of the field of the object

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ToString

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Function which is used to combine fields of an object into a string

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Helper method

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Methods which are used or called with in another method

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Data types

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Classification of a variable allocated to a variable

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Function

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Returns one value

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Procedure

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Performs an action therefore changing values of variables