Glossary

ABSTRACT TYPE: An abstract type can define members for which it does not provide implementations.

APPLICATION MODEL: A type of application. For example, the application models supported by the .NET Framework include console application, Windows Forms application, service application, and ASP.NET application.

ASSEMBLY: A set of code modules and other resources that together are a functional software unit. Usually seen in the form of a single .dll or .exe.

ATTACHED DEPENDENCY PROPERTY : A kind of Dependency Property modeled as static Get and Set methods representing “properties” describing relationships between objects and their containers (e.g., the position of a Button object on a Panel container).

ATTRIBUTES: The means in managed code ...

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