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Method Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
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method
<programming> The name given in Smalltalk and other object-oriented languages to a procedure or routine associated with one or more classes. An object of a certain class knows how to perform actions, e.g. printing itself or creating a new instance of itself, rather than the function (e.g. printing) knowing how to handle different types of object.
Different classes may define methods with the same name (i.e. methods may be polymorphic). The term "method" is used both for a named operation, e.g. "PRINT" and also for the code which a specific class provides to perform tha t operation.
Most methods operate on objects that are instances of a certain class. Some object-oriented languages call these "object methods" to distinguish then from "class methods".
In Smalltalk, a method is defined by giving its name, documentation, temporary local variables and a sequence of expressions separated by "."s.
(2000-03-22)
<programming> The name given in Smalltalk and other object-oriented languages to a procedure or routine associated with one or more classes. An object of a certain class knows how to perform actions, e.g. printing itself or creating a new instance of itself, rather than the function (e.g. printing) knowing how to handle different types of object.
Different classes may define methods with the same name (i.e. methods may be polymorphic). The term "method" is used both for a named operation, e.g. "PRINT" and also for the code which a specific class provides to perform tha t operation.
Most methods operate on objects that are instances of a certain class. Some object-oriented languages call these "object methods" to distinguish then from "class methods".
In Smalltalk, a method is defined by giving its name, documentation, temporary local variables and a sequence of expressions separated by "."s.
(2000-03-22)
| Vb Glossary 1.0 |
method
method
A procedure that acts on an object.
method
A procedure that acts on an object.
| Internet Glossary |
Method
In object-oriented programming, a procedure that is executed when an object receives a message. A method is really the same as a procedure, function, or routine in procedural programming languages. The only difference is that in object-oriented programming, a method is always associated with a class.
In object-oriented programming, a procedure that is executed when an object receives a message. A method is really the same as a procedure, function, or routine in procedural programming languages. The only difference is that in object-oriented programming, a method is always associated with a class.
| JDK Doc(JAVA) |
| DW and OLAP terms |
method
A function that performs an action by using a COM object, as in SQL-DMO, OLE DB, and ActiveX Data Objects (ADO).
A function that performs an action by using a COM object, as in SQL-DMO, OLE DB, and ActiveX Data Objects (ADO).
| Noman's Java(TM) Glossary |
method
A function defined in a class. If you are familiar with other programming languages like C/C++ then keep in mind that "method" in java is same as the "function" in those languages.
A function defined in a class. If you are familiar with other programming languages like C/C++ then keep in mind that "method" in java is same as the "function" in those languages.
Method Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Method
(n.)
Orderly arrangement, elucidation, development, or classification; clear and lucid exhibition; systematic arrangement peculiar to an individual.
(n.)
Classification; a mode or system of classifying natural objects according to certain common characteristics; as, the method of Theophrastus; the method of Ray; the Linnaean method.
(n.)
An orderly procedure or process; regular manner of doing anything; hence, manner; way; mode; as, a method of teaching languages; a method of improving the mind.
(n.)
Orderly arrangement, elucidation, development, or classification; clear and lucid exhibition; systematic arrangement peculiar to an individual.
(n.)
Classification; a mode or system of classifying natural objects according to certain common characteristics; as, the method of Theophrastus; the method of Ray; the Linnaean method.
(n.)
An orderly procedure or process; regular manner of doing anything; hence, manner; way; mode; as, a method of teaching languages; a method of improving the mind.
| WordNet 2.0 |
method
Noun
1. a way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps)
(hypernym) know-how
(hyponym) teaching method, pedagogics, pedagogy
Noun
1. a way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps)
(hypernym) know-how
(hyponym) teaching method, pedagogics, pedagogy
| The Phrase Finder |
There's method in my madness
Origin
From Shakespeare's Hamlet. The actual line from the play is 'Though this be madness yet there is method in it'.
Origin
From Shakespeare's Hamlet. The actual line from the play is 'Though this be madness yet there is method in it'.
Though this be madness, yet there is method in it
Origin
From Shakespeare's Hamlet.
| Australian Slang |
KISS method
very simplistic method of explaining, teaching, etc. (acronym formed from the phrase “Keep It Simple, Stupid”)
very simplistic method of explaining, teaching, etc. (acronym formed from the phrase “Keep It Simple, Stupid”)
| English Slang Dictionary v1.2 |
| hEnglish - advanced version |
method
method
\meth"od\ (?), n. [f. méthode, l. methodus, fr. gr. meqodos method, investigation following after; meta` after + "odo`s way.]
1. an orderly procedure or process; regular manner of doing anything; hence, manner; way; mode; as, a method of teaching languages; a method of improving the mind.
2. orderly arrangement, elucidation, development, or classification; clear and lucid exhibition; systematic arrangement peculiar to an individual. though this be madness, yet there's method in it. all method is a rational progress, a progress toward an end. w. hamilton.
3. (nat. hist.) classification; a mode or system of classifying natural objects according to certain common characteristics; as, the method of theophrastus; the method of ray; the linn?an method.
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method
\meth"od\ (?), n. [f. méthode, l. methodus, fr. gr. meqodos method, investigation following after; meta` after + "odo`s way.]
1. an orderly procedure or process; regular manner of doing anything; hence, manner; way; mode; as, a method of teaching languages; a method of improving the mind.
2. orderly arrangement, elucidation, development, or classification; clear and lucid exhibition; systematic arrangement peculiar to an individual. though this be madness, yet there's method in it. all method is a rational progress, a progress toward an end. w. hamilton.
3. (nat. hist.) classification; a mode or system of classifying natural objects according to certain common characteristics; as, the method of theophrastus; the method of ray; the linn?an method.
similar words(36)
virtual sequential access method
endermic method
zero method
leboyer method of childbirth
leboyer method
remote method invocation
vienna definition method
withdrawal method
indexed sequential access method
philosophy or method
zetetic method
rhythm method of birth control
rhythm method
simplex method
calendar method
null method
lunar method
whole-word method
read method of childbirth
montessori method
virtual telecommunications access method
vienna development method specification language
read method
cascade method
graphic method
teaching method
lamaze method
method of increments
method of indivisibles
baconian method
method of least squares
lamaze method of childbirth
vienna development method
centrobaric method
word method
calendar method of birth control
| JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary |
Cerf
Cerf = n. method; art; trade
Cerf = n. method; art; trade
Diagwedd
Diagwedd = a. void of method
Trefn
Trefn = n. system, order, method
Method Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
| The 'Lectric Law Library |
Process, Method
PROCESS, METHOD - The means or method of accomplishing a thing. A way to produce a specific result by an act or series of acts which change an object into a different state or thing.
It has been said that the word manufacture, in the patent laws, may, perhaps, extend to a new process, to be carried on by known implements, or elements, acting upon known substances, and ultimately producing some other known substance, but producing it in a cheaper or more expeditious manner, or of a better and more useful kind.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
PROCESS, METHOD - The means or method of accomplishing a thing. A way to produce a specific result by an act or series of acts which change an object into a different state or thing.
It has been said that the word manufacture, in the patent laws, may, perhaps, extend to a new process, to be carried on by known implements, or elements, acting upon known substances, and ultimately producing some other known substance, but producing it in a cheaper or more expeditious manner, or of a better and more useful kind.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
Method Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Theological and Philosophical Biography and Dictionary |
Method
| English-Latin Online Dictionary |
method
modus, ratio
modus, ratio
| Kant Glossary |
METHOD
[L:148] Kant distinguishes several methods "of treating of, and working at, scientific cognitions", including the scientific and popular methods, the systematic and fragmentary methods, the analytic and synthetic methods (also called the regressive and progressive methods), the syllogistic and tabular methods, and the akroamatic and erotematic methods.
[L:148] Kant distinguishes several methods "of treating of, and working at, scientific cognitions", including the scientific and popular methods, the systematic and fragmentary methods, the analytic and synthetic methods (also called the regressive and progressive methods), the syllogistic and tabular methods, and the akroamatic and erotematic methods.
Method Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
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meth
(n) See marijuana.
(n) See marijuana.
Method Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
| The Glossary of the American Council on Science and Health |
method
Primarily, a means that involves a particular series of actions.
Primarily, a means that involves a particular series of actions.
Method Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Method Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Method
Method may refer to:
- Scientific method, a series of steps taken to acquire knowledge
- Method (computer science), a piece of code associated with a class or object to perform a task
- Method (music), a kind of textbook to help students learning to play a musical instrument
- Methodology, the collection, the comparative study, and the critique of the individual methods that are used in a given discipline or field of inquiry
- Methodology (software engineering), a series of steps taken to build software
- Method acting, a style of acting in which the actor attempts to replicate the conditions under which the character operates
- Method (Godhead), the bassist and programmer for the industrial band Godhead
- Discourse on Method, a philosophical and mathematical treatise by René Descartes
- "The Method of Mechanical Theorems", part of the Archimedes Palimpsest
- Method, a 2004 film directed by Duncan Roy
- method, a San Francisco-based corporation which manufactures household products
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