Definition of Class

Babylon English
class
v. classify; attribute, ascribe
n. classroom; status; section, department; data structure which also contains the procedures for processing the data (Computers)

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Class Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries

Campbell R. Harvey's Hypertextual Finance Glossary
Class
Applies to derivative products. Options of the same type - put or call - with the same underlying security. See: series.

BTS Transportation Expressions
Class
1) With respect to the certification, ratings, privileges, and limitations of airmen, means a classification of aircraft within a category having similar operating characteristics. Examples include: single engine; multiengine; land; water; gyroplane; helicopter; airship; and free balloon; and 2) With respect to the certification of aircraft, means a broad grouping of aircraft having similar characteristics of propulsion, flight, or landing. Examples include: airplane; rotorcraft; glider; balloon; landplane; and seaplane. (14CFR1)

Sean_Woo's Finance,GIS & Real Estate Glossary
class
for quantitative data, an interval that includes all the values that fall within two numbers(the lower and upper limits)
Note: class always represent a variable; class in quantitative data equals to category in qualitative data


Class Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries

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class
1. <programming> The prototype for an object in an object-oriented language; analogous to a derived type in a procedural language. A class may also be considered to be a set of objects which share a common structure and behaviour. The structure of a class is determined by the class variables which represent the state of an object of that class and the behaviour is given by a set of methods associated with the class.
Classes are related in a class hierarchy. One class may be a specialisation (a "subclass") of another (one of its "superclasses") or it may be composed of other classes or it may use other classes in a client-server relationship. A class may be an abstract class or a concrete class.
See also signature.
2. <programming> See type class.
3. One of three types of Internet addresses distinguished by their most significant bits.
3. A language developed by the Andrew Project. It was one of the first attempts to add object-oriented features to C.
(1995-05-01)


class method
<programming> A kind of method, available in some object-oriented programming languages, that operates on the class as a whole, as opposed to an "object method" that operates on an object that is an instance of the class.
A typical example of a class method would be one that keeps a count of the number of objects of that class that have been created.
(2000-03-22)

Computer Abbreviations v1.5
CLASS
Java Class File

9300+ Computer Acronyms
CLASS
Cooperative Library Agency for Systems and Services

Vb Glossary 1.0
class
A class is a template from which an object is created. Code in a class module describes the attributes and behavior of objects that are created from the class.
Although a class isn’t an object, it does have design-time properties that define its attributes and events that define its behavior.

Uri's File.*Xten.c.ons*
CLASS
Client Access to Systems and Services +

Internet Glossary
Class
In object-oriented programming, a category of objects. For example, there might be a class called shape that contains objects which are circles, rectangles, and triangles. The class defines all the common properties of the different objects that belong to it.


JDK Doc(JAVA)
Class
- class java.lang..Class 
public final class Class extends Object implements Serializable 
Tree:java.lang.Object - java.lang.Class
Instances of the class Class represent classes and interfaces in a running Java application. Every array also belongs to a class that is reflected as a Class object that is shared by all arrays with the same element type and number of dimensions. The primitive Java types (boolean, byte, char, short, int, long, float, and double), and the keyword void are also represented as Class objects.

Noman's Java(TM) Glossary
class
In the Java programming language, a type that defines the implementation of a particular kind of object. A class definition defines instance and class variables and methods, as well as specifying the interfaces the class implements and the immediate superclass of the class. If the superclass is not explicitly specified, the superclass will implicitly be Object.

Classes are usually first defined and then instantiated using the new operator. Also see anonymous class and abstract class .


Class Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Class
(v. i.)
To grouped or classed.
  
(n.)
To divide into classes, as students; to form into, or place in, a class or classes.
  
(n.)
To arrange in classes; to classify or refer to some class; as, to class words or passages.
  
(n.)
One of the sections into which a church or congregation is divided, and which is under the supervision of a class leader.
  
(n.)
A set; a kind or description, species or variety.
  
(n.)
A number of students in a school or college, of the same standing, or pursuing the same studies.
  
(n.)
A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower classes.
  
(n.)
A comprehensive division of animate or inanimate objects, grouped together on account of their common characteristics, in any classification in natural science, and subdivided into orders, families, tribes, genera, etc.
  

WordNet 2.0
class

Noun
1. people having the same social or economic status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class"
(synonym) social class, socio-economic class
(hypernym) people
(hyponym) world, domain
(member-holonym) class structure
(derivation) relegate, classify
2. a body of students who are taught together; "early morning classes are always sleepy"
(synonym) form, grade
(hypernym) gathering, assemblage
(hyponym) sixth form
3. education imparted in a series of lessons or class meetings; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes"
(synonym) course, course of study, course of instruction
(hypernym) education, instruction, teaching, pedagogy, educational activity
(hyponym) adult education
(part-meronym) coursework
4. a collection of things sharing a common attribute; "there are two classes of detergents"
(synonym) category, family
(hypernym) collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
(hyponym) Larvacea, class Larvacea
(member-meronym) superphylum
(derivation) relegate, classify
5. a body of students who graduate together; "the class of '97"; "she was in my year at Hoehandle High"
(synonym) year
(hypernym) gathering, assemblage
(hyponym) graduating class
6. a league ranked by quality; "he played baseball in class D for two years"; "Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA"
(synonym) division
(hypernym) league, conference
(derivation) relegate, classify
7. elegance in dress or behavior; "she has a lot of class"
(hypernym) elegance
(classification) colloquialism
8. (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
(hypernym) taxonomic group, taxonomic category, taxon
(hyponym) Schizomycetes, class Schizomycetes
(member-holonym) phylum
(member-meronym) order
(derivation) classify, sort, assort, sort out, separate
(classification) biology, biological science

Verb
1. arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"
(synonym) classify, sort, assort, sort out, separate
(hypernym) categorize, categorise
(hyponym) unitize, unitise
(entail) compare
(derivation) category, family

hEnglish - advanced version
class

class
\class\ (kl&adot;s), n. [f. classe, fr. l. classis class, collection, fleet; akin to gr. klh^sis a calling, kalei^n to call, e. claim, haul.]
1. a group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower classes.
2. a number of students in a school or college, of the same standing, or pursuing the same studies.
3. a comprehensive division of animate or inanimate objects, grouped together on account of their common characteristics, in any classification in natural science, and subdivided into orders, families, tribes, genera, etc.
4. a set; a kind or description, species or variety. she had lost one class energies.
5. (methodist church) one of the sections into which a church or congregation is divided, and which is under the supervision of a class leader.
class
of a curve (math.), the kind of a curve as expressed by the number of tangents that can be drawn from any point to the curve. a circle is of the second class.
class
meeting (methodist church), a meeting of a class under the charge of a class leader, for counsel and relegious instruction.
class
\class\ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. classed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. classing.] [cf. f. classer. see class, n.] 1. to arrange in classes; to classify or refer to some class; as, to class words or passages.
note: in scientific arrangement, to classify is used instead of to class.
2. to divide into classes, as students; to form into, or place in, a class or classes.
class
\class\, v. i. to grouped or classed. the genus or famiky under which it classes.
class
n
1. people having the same social or economic status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class" [syn: social class , socio-economic class]


2. a body of students who are taught together; "early morning classes are always sleepy" [syn: form, grade]


3. education imparted in a series of lessons or class meetings; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes" [syn: course, course of study , course of instruction]


4. a collection of things sharing a common attribute; "there are two classes of detergents" [syn: category, family]


5. a body of students who graduate together: "the class of '97"; "she was in my year at hoehandle high" [syn: year]


6. a league ranked by quality; "he played baseball in class d for two years"; "princeton is in the ncaa division 1-aa" [syn: division]


7. (informal) elegance in dress or behavior; "she has a lot of class"
8. (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders v : arrange or order by classes or categories; "how would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?" [syn: classify, sort, assort, sort out, separate]




Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1
class
buíon
company: cumplacht
as of pupils: buidhean, f.
species: gné, cinéal
the lower classes: na daoine bochta
the upper classes: na daoine móra, an uaisle
v., classify: roinnim i ngnéithibh, sraithighim

English Phonetics

JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary
Dosbarth
Dosbarth = n. class; discrimination


Class Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries

International Relations and Security Acronyms
CLASS
Comprehensive Logistics Analysis Support System


Class Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries

Hill Associates Acronym List
CLASS
Custom Local Area Signaling Services (Bellcore) 

Oceanographic, Meteorologal & Climatologal abbreviations and acronyms
CLASS
Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System [> NOAA]

ETSI and 3GPP
CLASS
Custom Local Area Signalling Services

Telecommunication Standard Terms

custom local area signaling service (CLASS)
One of an identified group of network-provided enhanced services. Note: A CLASS group for a given network usually includes several enhanced service offerings, such as incoming-call identification, call trace, call blocking, automatic return of the most recent incoming call, call redial, and selective forwarding and programming to permit distinctive ringing for incoming calls.

Common Terms in Evolutionary Biology and Genetics
Class
A category of classification (taxon); a subdivision of subphylum. The classes in the Subphylum Vertebrata are: Pisces (Fishes), Amphibia, Reptilia, Avis (Birds) and Mammalia.

Telecom Terms
CLASS
Customer Local Area Signaling Service (BELLCORE)

Biological Control
Class
A category of the classification scheme of living organisms ranking below a phylum and above an order (e.g., Insecta).

Glossary of Entomology and Crop Protection
Class
An animal classification category. A subdivision of a phylum, consisting of a group of related orders. (See: Classification)

U.F.O. Related Terminology and Acronyms
CLASS
Cross-chain Loran Atmospheric Sounding System


Class Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries

Environmental Engineering (English ver.)
class (pipe and fittings)
  The working pressure rating of a specific pipe for use in water distribution systems which i includes allowances for surges. This term is used for cast iron, ductile iron, asbestos cement and some plastic pipe.

Social Work in Canada
Class (social class)
A large category or group of people within a system of social stratification who have a similar socio-economic status in relation to other socio-economic segments of the society or community. The Marxian definition of social class is in terms of a class's objective position or relation to the means of production in society.


Class Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries

English-Latin Online Dictionary
class
numerus, genus, ordo


Class Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries

English to Federation-Standard Golic Vulcan
Class (n.)
mohrn

English - Klingon
class
n. Segh - sort, type, race


Class Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries

Glossary of Sociology
CLASS
Most sociologists use the term to refer to socioeconomic differences between groups of individuals which create differences in their life chances and power.


Class Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
CLASS
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Class
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Class (file format)
In the Java programming languagesource files (.java files) are compiled into class files which have a .class extension. Since Java is a platform-independent language, source code is compiled into bytecode, which it stores in a .class file. If a source file has more than one class, each class is compiled into a separate .class file. These .class files can be loaded by any Java Virtual Machine (JVM).

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