Warp wrote:
>   I don't know what "abstract class" means in other languages,

That's pretty standard terminology, yes.

I see that over the last couple of years, Google has pushed the correct 
definition of "abstract data type" up to the top, which is good.

Example incorrect definitions:

http://www.desy.de/gna/html/cc/Tutorial/node4.html

http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia_term/0,2542,t=abstract+data+type&i=37349,00.asp

http://www.allinterview.com/showanswers/10639.html

It used to be the top two or three pages of google hits were all pointing to 
notes in university lectures that basically confused "abstract data type" 
with "object-oriented data abstraction".

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