Eiffel Glossary

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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.

Attribute 
A name/type pair that will lead to a corresponding field in the instances of the class.
Cluster 
A group of classes that home something in common. Normally all these classes are stored in one directory.
Feature 
A common term for routines and attributes that make up the class.
Routine 
A piece of code that is associated with a class and may be executed on its instances.