C++ Primer, Fifth Edition

Defined Terms

abstract data type Data structure that encapsulates (hides) its implementation.

access specifier Keywords public and private. Used to define whether members are accessible to users of the class or only to friends and members of the class. Specifiers may appear multiple times within a class. Each specifier sets the access of the following members up to the next specifier.

aggregate class Class with only public data members that has no in-class initializers or constructors. Members of an aggregate can be initialized by a brace-enclosed list of initializers.

class C++ mechanism for defining our own abstract data types. Classes may have data, function, or type members. A class defines a new type and a new scope.

class declaration