thank you!

lecture notes are very unclear.

any help greatly appreciated

Last edited by UglyDave on Jan-15-2004 at 11:37

In terms of incomprehensible abbreviations, what's OOSD?

*me takes a shot at Object Oriented Software Development*

Sorry; can't help you with that (and yes, I am a CS student, but I just hate programming )

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d&b session 20090519
My take on... (various mixes planned, updated when I can be arsed)

But since I'm a nice guy and know how to use Google

polymorphism
In object-oriented programming, the term is used to describe a variable that may refer to objects whose class is not known at compile time and which respond at run time according to the actual class of the object to which they refer.

abstraction
1. Generalisation; ignoring or hiding details to capture some kind of commonality between different instances. Examples are abstract data types (the representation details are hidden), abstract syntax (the details of the concrete syntax are ignored), abstract interpretation (details are ignored to analyse specific properties).

2. Parameterisation, making something a function of something else. Examples are lambda abstractions (making a term into a function of some variable), higher-order functions (parameters are functions), bracket abstraction (making a term into a function of a variable).

good site for this:

http://www.hyperdictionary.com/

Hope it helps

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d&b session 20090519
My take on... (various mixes planned, updated when I can be arsed)

I've got my Java exam tomorrow, Christ i've done no work for it all semester, Arggghhhh!!!!

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cheers for help dudes!