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class
Tell Python to make a new type of thing.
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object
Two meanings: the most basic type of thing, an d any instance of some thing.
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instance
What you get when you tell Python to create a class.
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def
How you define a function inside a class.
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self
Inside the functions in a class, self is a variable for the instance/object being accessed.
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inheritance
The concept that one class can inherit traits from another class, much like you an your parents.
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composition
The concept that a class can be composed of other classes as parts, much like how a car has wheels.
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attribute
A property classes have that are from composition that are usually variables.
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is-a
A phrase to say that something inherits from another as in a "salmon" is-a "fish."
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has-a
A phrase to say that something is composed of other things or has a trait, as in "a salmon has-a mouth."
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