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+## Glossary of Terms
+
+**adaptor** *(noun)* - A function which alters a slot’s
+signature.  
+
+**bind** *(verb)* - To fix a value of a callback's argument in the
+STL sense.  
+
+**call** *(verb)* - The process of invoking a callback or slot.  
+
+**callback** *(noun)* - A function or a member function which will
+be called when a signal is emitted. A slot specifies the callback and any extra
+data, such as the object instance, and extra parameters. 
+
+**connect** *(verb)* - The process of specifying the callback
+which will be called when the signal is emitted. 
+
+**emit** *(verb)* - When a signal is emitted, the connected slots
+will be called.  
+
+**factory** *(noun)* - A function which takes a set of arguments and 
+produces a different object based on those arguments.  
+
+**handle** *(noun)* - A safe version of a pointer.  
+
+**marshaller** *(noun)* -  When a signal has a return value, and
+several slots are connected to that signal, each one returning a value, then a
+marshaller chooses one single return value. 
+
+**safe** *(adj)* - Any structure which falls back into uninitalized state 
+when its related resources are destroyed.  Safe resources can be
+held throughout the program. Unsafe resources may point to freed
+memory.  
+
+**signal** *(noun)* - An object to which callback slots can be
+connected. When the signal is emitted, each callback will be invoked. The
+signal and the connected slots have a specific return type and parameter types.
+
+**signal handler** *(noun)* - Another name for a callback.   
+
+**signature** *(noun)* - The return type of a function together with
+the argument types of that function.  
+
+**slot** *(noun)* - A safe version of a callback.