Define new concepts when critical to topic
What terms do you define?
- Define industry terms
- Programmer users: No: hard-coded; Yes: object model; Maybe: instantiate
- End-users: No: Internet; Yes: Internet service provider; Maybe: Web site
- Define terms specific to your company and product
- BART Client: subsystem, business objects (BOs)
- Spell out acronyms
- Common: Component Object Model (COM); hypertext markup language (HTML)
- Uncommon: file allocation table (FAT); Internet service provider (ISP)
When not critical to the topic, define the term briefly and add a cross-reference to a more complete definition
- “An object model defines a hierarchy of objects that gives structure to an object-based program. By defining the relationships between objects that are part of the program, an object model organizes the objects in a way that makes programming easier. For more information on object models, see “Programming with Objects,” in the Visual Basic Programmer’s Guide.”