Prelims Flashcards
It is the act of including only essential details of an entity without including the background details.
Data abstraction
Representing a model of an object in the real world are the main building blocks of OOP.
Objects
the basic unit of programming in OOP
Class
can be any legal identifier for classes and variables.
Method name
“paradigm” is synonymous with?
Pattern
The class that inherits the properties of the other class is called?
Base class, parent class, super class,
is a self-contained block of program code that carries out actions
Method
a style of programming in which operations are executed one after another in a sequence.
Procedural Programming
a return type used when a method returns no data
Void
insulates data from outside programs
Data hiding
Poly means?
Many
Are grouped logical units based on
individual operations used in a computer program.
Procedures
is the ability to create classes that share the attributes and methods of existing classes but with more
specific features.
Inheritance
Morph means?
Forms
This happens when the same method is present in both the superclass and subclass. It is a key feature of overriding or extending existing methods of the superclass.
Method Overriding
is written between a set of curly braces and contains the data and
methods for the class.
Class body
The body of a method is called?
Implementation
data components of a class are called
Data fields
Methods that retrieve values are called?
Access Methods or getters
process of wrapping up data and functions into a class
Data encapsulation
Extension of procedural programming with a slightly different approach to writing computer
programs
Object Oriented Programming
a group or collection of objects with common properties
Class
A complete name that includes the class is a_______. It includes the class name, a dot, and
the method name.
Fully identified identifier
contains the statements that carry out the work of the method. It is found between a pair of
curly braces.
Method Body