ADT

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

abstract data type
ADT

   <programming> (ADT) A kind of {data abstraction} where a
   type's internal form is hidden behind a set of {access
   functions}.  Values of the type are created and inspected only
   by calls to the access functions.  This allows the
   implementation of the type to be changed without requiring any
   changes outside the {module} in which it is defined.

   {Objects} and ADTs are both forms of data abstraction, but
   objects are not ADTs.  Objects use procedural abstraction
   (methods), not type abstraction.

   A classic example of an ADT is a {stack} data type for which
   functions might be provided to create an empty stack, to
   {push} values onto a stack and to {pop} values from a stack.

   Reynolds paper
   (http://cis.upenn.edu/~gunter/publications/documents/taoop94.html).

   Cook paper "OOP vs ADTs"
   (http://wcook.org/papers/OOPvsADT/CookOOPvsADT90.pdf).

   (2003-07-03)

from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)

ADT
       Abstract Data Type

from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)

ADT
       Access Developer's Toolkit (MS, DB, Windows)

from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)

ADT
       Application Data Type

from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)

ADT
       Application Development Tools (IBM, AS/400)

from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)

ADT
       Atlantic Daylight Time [-0300] (TZ, AST)