C++ Primer, Fifth Edition

Defined Terms

begin Member of string and vector that returns an iterator to the first element. Also, free-standing library function that takes an array and returns a pointer to the first element in the array.

buffer overflow Serious programming bug that results when we use an index that is out-of-range for a container, such as a string, vector, or an array.

C-style strings Null-terminated character array. String literals are C-style strings. C-style strings are inherently error-prone.

class template A blueprint from which specific clas types can be created. To use a class template, we must specify additional information. For example, to define a vector, we specify the element type: vector<int> holds ints.

compiler extension Feature that is added ...