C++ Network Programming, Volume 1: Mastering Complexity with ACE and Patterns
by Douglas C. Schmidt, Stephen D. Huston
Glossary
Abstract Class
A class that does not implement all the methods defined in its interface. An abstract class defines a common interface for its subclasses.
Acceptor-Connector Pattern
A design pattern that decouples the connection and initialization of cooperating peer services in a networked system from the processing they perform once connected and initialized.
Accidental Complexity
Complexity that arises as a side-effect of limitations with tools and techniques, such as type-unsafe APIs and procedural design, used to develop software within an application domain.
Active Connection Establishment
The connection role played by a peer application that initiates a connection to a remote peer (compare with Passive Connection Establishment). ...
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