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Class Diagram
A UML diagram showing the object-oriented relationships among classes and their members.
Component
A loose term describing one or more closely related classes that perform a single function, implement one algorithm, or manage a single type of data. Frameworks, subsystems and models can be described as containing components.

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Framework
A set of classes that are closely related in terms of function and data, and which form an independent and reusable product.

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Library
A collection of compiled functions or classes that are stored in a library file. On *Nix systems, the library name would have form libMyLibrary.a. On Microsoft Windows systems, the library name will have the form MyLibrary.lib.

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Object-Oriented
A design methodology decomposing problems into objects rather than procedures. FORTRAN and C are procedural languages. C++ is a object-oriented language.

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Sequence Diagram
A UML diagram showing the sequence of interactions among objects.
Submodel
A coherant division in the architecture of a model, which operates upon a single area of the model's problem domain.
Subsystem
A set of closely related classes or class hierarchy that is part of a framework or model, and is not intended to be used separately.

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UML
Unified Markup Language , used to produce case, class, and sequence diagrams, and more.