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class
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Tell Python to make a new kind of thing
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object
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Two meanings: the most basic kind of thing, and any instance of some thing
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instance
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What you get when you tell Python to create a class
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def
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How you define a function inside a class
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self
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Inside the functions in a class, self is a variable for the instance/object being accessed
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inheritance
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The concept that one class can inherit traits from another class, much like you and your parents
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composition
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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
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A property classes have that are from composition and are usually variables
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is-a
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A phrase to say that something inherits from another, as in a Salmon is-a Fish
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has-a
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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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