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- abstract method
A method that is declared but not defined. Any class that contains an abstract method must use this keyword in the class definition. All of the methods of an interface are abstract. A class that has only abstract methods is a pure abstract class.
- accessor method
A public method used to retrieve or change data members. Accessor methods are also called get and set methods. (It is considered good programming practice to make data members private and alter or retrieve them only through accessor methods.)
- aggregate class
A class having at least one data member that is itself an object
- application programming interface (API)
The public face of a class
- Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX)
A web development technique that ...
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