recursive association

access modifier

application programming interface (API)

behaviour (of an object)

class member

cohesion

component

component-based approach

component-based software

composition

coordinating object

coupling

copy constructor

data hiding

decompiler

defensive copy (of an object)

design for reuse

design with reuse

efficiency

encapsulation

engineering components

getter method

immutable object

implementation details (of a class)

incremental prototyping

incremental software development

integrity (of a package)

integrity (of an object)

JAR file

maintainability

multiple releases (of software)

mutable object

object-oriented software component

package

polymorphism

portability

post-condition

pre-condition

privacy leak

protocol (of a class)

protocol (of a component)

responsibility (of a component)

responsibility (of an object)

reusability

setter method

software component

specification (of a method)

specification (of an engineering component)

specification (of an object-oriented software component)

testability

unnamed package