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The Unified Modeling Language User Guide, 2nd Edition
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The Unified Modeling Language User Guide, 2nd Edition

by Grady Booch, James Rumbaugh, Ivar Jacobson
May 2005
Intermediate to advanced
496 pages
12h 59m
English
Addison-Wesley Professional
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Glossary

abstract class A class that cannot be directly instantiated.

abstraction The essential characteristics of an entity that distinguish it from all other kinds of entities. An abstraction defines a boundary relative to the perspective of the viewer.

action An executable computation that results in a change in state of the system or the return of a value.

active class A class whose instances are active objects.

active object An object that owns a process or thread and can initiate control activity.

activity Behavior expressed as a set of actions connected by control and data flows.

activity diagram A diagram that shows the flow of control and data from activity to activity. Activity diagrams address the dynamic view of a system.

actor

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