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The world of Eiffel tends to adopt very special meanings to certain terms. Please add you own words and definitions. Please try to keep the list sorted alphabetically.
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Eiffel uses a precisely defined terminology. That terminology sometimes sounds strange to programmers used to other languages, but it's only because (1) there has been a systematic effort to classify object-oriented concepts in a logical way; (2) some of the terms predate terminology that is used in other languages. You will see, however, that behind every choice of term there is a carefully devised rationale.
  
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; Attribute : Name/type pair that will lead to a corresponding field in the instances of the class.
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The new, community-based Eiffel glossary has been moved and is now available at http://www.eiffelroom.org/glossary
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; Cluster : Group of classes that have something in common. Normally all these classes are stored in one directory.
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; Feature : Common term for routines and attributes that make up the class.
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Also, there is a glossary of Eiffel terminology for .NET developers available at http://docs.eiffel.com/eiffelstudio/technologies/dotnet/eiffel_dotnet_language/10_conventions/10_terminology.html
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; Library : Group of classes that are self-contained, but could also depend on other libraries.
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; Routine : Piece of code that is associated with a class and may be executed on its instances.
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Latest revision as of 02:40, 13 March 2007

Eiffel uses a precisely defined terminology. That terminology sometimes sounds strange to programmers used to other languages, but it's only because (1) there has been a systematic effort to classify object-oriented concepts in a logical way; (2) some of the terms predate terminology that is used in other languages. You will see, however, that behind every choice of term there is a carefully devised rationale.

The new, community-based Eiffel glossary has been moved and is now available at http://www.eiffelroom.org/glossary

Also, there is a glossary of Eiffel terminology for .NET developers available at http://docs.eiffel.com/eiffelstudio/technologies/dotnet/eiffel_dotnet_language/10_conventions/10_terminology.html

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