COMPONENT ARCHITECTURE
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A notion in object-oriented programming where"components" of a program are completely generic. Instead ofhaving a specialised set of methods and fields they havegeneric methods through which the component can advertise thefunctionality it supports to the system into which it isloaded. This enables completely dynamic loading ofobjects. JavaBeans is an example of a componentarchitecture.See also design pattern.
By Denis Howe
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Platidiam
- An inorganic water-soluble platinum complex. After undergoing hydrolysis, it reacts DNA produce both intra interstrand crosslinks. These crosslinks appear to impair replication and transcription of DNA. The cytotoxicity cisplatin correlates with cellular arrest in G2 phase cell cycle.