Glossary of OO and C++ Terms

• abstraction
• abstract base class
• base class
• category
• class
• compound statement
• concrete class
• constructor
• container
• data member
• destructor
• encapsulation
• factory method pattern
• friend
• global
• header_file
• HasA
• heap
• IsA
• implementation file
• inherit
• instantiation
• iterator pattern
• local
• lvalue
• member function
• memory leak
• message
• mixin
• null pointer
• object
• observer pattern
• overloading
• pattern
• package
• pointer
• polymorphism
• private
• proxy pattern
• protected
• public
• reference
• scope
• singleton pattern
• stack
• strategy pattern
• subclass
• template
• virtual function
• visitor pattern