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Term	Definition	Further information & links
Accessor method	A method that returns the value associated with a data member of an instance of a Class; typically named get or is; eg getname(), isFull().
Applet	A special Class that implements methods that can be used to display a small application on a webpage.	Getting started
Application	A special Class, that has a public static main method that can be run. A type of program.
awt	The Abstract Windows Toolkit - a Java library which specifies various GUI objects (such as text boxes, labels and buttons).
Data member	An identifier defined within a Class that holds some property of the Class.	OOP page
Class	A Class describes the properties and behaviour of a set of objects.	Intro to classes , OOP page
Constructor	A special method of a Class used to instantiate a new object.	OOP page
Identifier	A method or data member name - defined by the programmer.
Instance	An actual object created from a Class definition.	OOP page
Method	A group of Java statements under a programmer-defined identifier.	Methods page
Method signature	A unique combination of access specifier, return value, identifier and parameter list.	OOP page
Method return value	A value of a defined type that is returned by non void methods.	OOP page
Mutator method	A method that changes a data member - typically identified with set; eg setName(String n), setFull(boolean b).	Classes page
Object	An actual object created from a Class definition - see instance.	OOP page
Parameter	A data item passed to a method	OOP page

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