Private

Updated: 10/17/2017 by Computer Hope
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Private may refer to any of the following:

1. In general, private refers to information that is secret, only known to an individual or select group of people.

2. In OOP (object-oriented programming), a private class is one that only allows methods that are a part of the class to access its private members. These private members may include variables, properties, and methods. A private class can keep certain information and code from being accessed or updated (perhaps accidentally) by other parts of the program.

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