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Class  contains information and procedures and acts as a template to create objects.
CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete)  the four primary procedures, or ways, a system can manipulate information.
Encapsulation  information hiding.
Expandability  refers to how easy it is to add features and functions to a system.
Information decomposition  breaking down the information and procedures for ease of use and understandability.
Information view  includes all of the information stored within a system.
Inheritance  the ability to define superclass and subclass relationships among classes.
Interface  any device that calls procedures and can include such things as a keyboard, mouse, and touch screen.
Message  how objects communicate with each other.
Object  an instance of a class.
Object-oriented (OO)  approach combines information and procedures into a single view.
Object-oriented database  works with traditional database information and also complex data types such as diagrams, schematic drawings, videos, and sound and text documents.
Object-oriented programming language  a programming language used to develop object-oriented systems.
Polymorphism  to have many forms.
Procedure  manipulates or changes information
Procedure view  contains all of the procedures within a system.
Program  a set of instructions that, when executed, causes a computer to behave in a specific manner.
Programming language  the tool developers use to write a program.
Scalability  refers to how well your system can adapt to increased demands.
Traditional technology approach  has two primary views of any system - information and procedures - and it keeps these two views separate and distinct at all times.







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