(programming, languages) Synonym of first-class object

plural of second-class value

(programming, languages) An entity of which the value can neither be passed as a parameter, nor be returned from a function, nor assigned to a variable. (Used by Raphael Finkel, the first-class object does not need to have run-time constructability according to his definition.)

(programming, languages) An entity of which the value can be passed as a parameter, but that can neither be returned from a function, nor be assigned to a variable. (Used by Raphael Finkel, the first-class object does not need to have run-time constructability according to his definition.)

(software, object-oriented programming) An adapter pattern where the adapter is created by implementing or inheriting both the interface that is expected and the interface that is pre-existing.

plural of class adapter pattern

A social and economic class lying above the lower class and below the upper middle class.

plural of upper middle class

plural of lower middle class

(India) Any of the castes officially recognised by the government as being educationally and socially disadvantaged.