Glossary
- ABSTRACT CLASS
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A class that cannot be instantiated because it either contains abstract methods or is declared to be abstract.
- ABSTRACT METHOD
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A declaration of an operation that concrete subclasses must implement.
- ABSTRACT SYNTAX TREE
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A structure, created by a parser, that organizes input text according to a language's grammar.
- ABSTRACTION
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A class that depends on abstract methods that are implemented in subclasses or in implementations of an interface.
- AERIAL SHELL
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A firework that is fired from a mortar and that explodes midflight, ejecting and igniting stars.
- ALGORITHM
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A procedure, or sequence of instructions, that accepts inputs and produces outputs.
- API
- See [APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE]
- APOGEE
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