Glossary
FIREWORK
Any combustible composition that may burn, fly, or explode, providing entertaining
visual and aural effects.
FOUNTAIN
A ground-based firework that emits a spray of sparks.
GRAMMAR
A set of composition rules.
GRAPH
A collection of nodes and edges.
GRAPH THEORY
A mathematical conception of nodes and edges. When applied to an object model, a
graph's nodes are usually objects, and a graph's edges are usually object references.
GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE
In an application, a layer of software that lets a human interact with (graphical
depictions of) buttons, menus, sliders, text areas, and other components.
GUI
See [GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE]
HOOK
A provision that a developer places in his or her code to give other developers
a chance to insert code at a specific spot in a procedure.
