Glossary

Property: A name saved in an object's property store, accessed using dot syntax

Property Store: The collection of all the properties available on an object

Item: A name saved in an object's item store, accessed using bracket syntax

Item Store: The collection of all the items available on an object

Method: A property that can be called

Dynamic Property: A property whose value is computed at check time by a function

Member: Used interchangeably with Property

Field: Sometimes used to refer to object properties, but more commonly used to refer to members of a DLL structure

Instance: A copy of a class that inherits its methods but has its own properties that can be set independently

Prototype: An object used as the base for instance objects

Base: For a given object instance, the prototype that methods are inherited from