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abstract class 
    An abstract class is a class that cannot be directly instantiated. An instance can be created only i 
action  2nd 
    An action is an individual operation that performs a single task on an element of a model. 
action language  2nd 
    data types 
    test state 
action language:procedure
    procedure:action language 
action:link
    link:action 
activation  2nd 
    An activation is the execution of a single procedure in a state machine instance at some time. 
activity  2nd 
    initiation by external signal 
activity diagram 
    diagram:activity 
    input sequencing 
actor  2nd 
    An actor is a role played by an external entity that requires something from the system in one or mo 
    swimlanes 
actual parameter
    parameter:actual 
agile  2nd 
Alexander, Christopher  2nd 
    Ishikawa, Sara
         Silverstein, Murray 
archetype  2nd 
    An archetype is a fragment of data access and text manipulation logic that states formally how to em 
    language 
aspect 
    -oriented  2nd 
    join point 
assigner  2nd  3rd 
    An assigner is a state machine that serves as a single point of control for creating links on compet 
association 
    An association is the abstraction of a set of domain relationships that hold systematically between  
    checking 
    dynamically simple 
    reflexive 
association class  2nd  3rd  4th 
    An association class is an abstraction, as a class, of an association that may have its own attribut 
    dynamics of 
    lifecycle formalization 
association loop 
    An association loop is a set of associations that together make up a path from one class, through ot 
    redundant 
    unconstrained 
association:distributing control in
    control:associations 
assumption-requirement pair
    requirement:assumption pair  2nd  3rd 
asynchronous creation 
attribute 
    accumulating values 
    An attribute is the abstraction of a single characteristic possessed by all the entities that were,  
    checking 
    derived 
    documenting 
    identifying 
    referential 
attribute:action
    action:object
        action:attribute