Python Objects Vocabulary

Vocabulary flashcards covering core object-oriented programming concepts, terminology, and modules from the Python Objects lecture notes.

Class

A template or blueprint that defines the abstract characteristics of a thing, including its attributes, fields, or properties and its behaviors or methods.

Object

A bit of self-contained code and data representing a particular instance of a class.

Method

A function or defined capability within a class that describes what an object can do.

Attribute

A variable or bit of data stored within a class or object.

Instance

The actual object created at runtime from a class template.

State

The set of values of the attributes of a particular object.

Constructor

A special block of statements in a class called when an object is created, primarily used to set up instance variables to their initial values.

Destructor

A special block of code or method called at the moment an object is destroyed or discarded.

Inheritance

The ability to extend an existing parent class to create a new child class that inherits all capabilities of the parent and adds its own.

Subclass

A more specialized version of a class that inherits attributes and behaviors from its parent class and can introduce its own.

dir() command

A Python function that lists the capabilities and methods of an object.

sqlite3 module

A Python module written by Gerhard Häring that provides a SQL interface compliant with the DB-API 2.0 specification described by PEP 249 for SQLite.