accessor::=`A Function that accesses information in an object with out changing the object in any visible way".
In C++ this is called a "const function".
In the UML it is called a query.
Algorithm::=A precise description of a series of steps to attain a goal,
[ Algorithm ]
(Wikipedia).
class::="A description of a set of similar objects that have similar data plus the functions needed to manipulate the data".
OOP::="Object-Oriented Programming",
Current paradigm for programming.
Semantics::=Rules determining the meaning of correct statements in a language.
SP::="Structured Programming",
a previous paradigm for programming.
STL::="The standard C++ library of classes and functions" -- also called the
"Standard Template Library" because many of the classes and functions will work
with any kind of data.
Syntax::=The rules determining the correctness and structure of statements in a language, grammar.
Q::software="A program I wrote to make software easier to develop",