Glossary of Terms
This glossary contains terminology definitions as they fit into this book. These definitions are not meant to be used outside of the context of the book or chapters where the term is used.
abstraction: Refers to the way objects allow subclassing and polymorphic instances of themselves to manifest, keeping core functionality and allowing these instances to change this functionality based on their context and usage needs.
bitwise: Working with data on the byte level. A bitwise comparison compares a series of single bytes or a pair of bytes to see if they are equal in binary fashion. Bitwise operators work with the bytes of data rather than their values.
clone: An instanced copy of an object and its properties and intrinsic values. ...
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