An instance of a class.

• Method

• Object

• Attribute

• Class

A template used to define an object.  It specifies the methods and attributes an object should have.

• Class

• Method

• Attribute

• Polymorphism

A subroutine associated with an object.

• Method

• Attribute

• Class

• Encapsulation

Variable contained within and associated to an object.

• Inheritance

• Attribute

• Method

• Class

Ensuring private attributes can only be amended through public methods.  This prevents objects being manipulated in unintended ways.

• Polymorphism

• Inheritance

• Encapsulation

• Object Oriented Programming

  (OOP)

The ability for a class to inherit the methods and attributes of a parent class.  Its ‘child’ class can have its own methods and attributes and override methods of its parent class.

• Polymorphism

• Encapsulation

• Attribute

• Inheritance

The ability for objects of different classes to be treated in the same way.  For example, the same method may be applied to objects of different classes.

• Object Oriented Programming

  (OOP)

• Encapsulation

• Polymorphism

• Inheritance

A paradigm that breaks a problem down into a series of objects that interact.

• Procedural Programming

• Object Oriented Programming

  (OOP)

• Declarative Programming

• Functional Programming