Escape Character: A special character used to change the meaning of the character(s) that follow. This is represented in C++ by the backslash character '\'.

Error State: For a stream, flags that determine whether an error has occurred and, if so, give some indication of its severity.

Enumerated Data Type: A data type consisting of a named set of values. The C++ compiler assigns an integer to each member of the set.

Encapsulation: The mechanism by which the data and functions (manipulating this data) are bound together within an object definition.

Dynamic Memory Allocation: The means by which data objects can be created as they are needed during the program execution. Such data objects remain in…

Dynamic Binding or Late Binding: The addresses of the functions are determined at run time rather than compile time. This is also known as late…

Directive: A command to the preprocessor (as opposed to a statement to produce machine code).

Destructor: A function that is called to deallocate memory of the objects of a class.

Derived Class: A class that inherits some or all of its members from another class, called base class.

De-referencing Operator: The operator that indicates access to the value pointed to by a pointer variable or an addressing expression.

Default Argument: An argument value that is specified in a function declaration and is used if the corresponding actual argument is omitted when the function…

Declaration: A specification of the type and name of a variable to be used in a program.

Decision Statement: A statement that tests a condition created by a program and changes the flow of the program based on that decision.

Debugging: The process of finding and removing errors from a program.

Data Member: A variable that is declared in a class declaration.