Acronyms

 

C++

Language

Standard Library Headers

Freestanding and hosted implementations

Named requirements

Language support library

Concepts library (C++20)

Diagnostics library

Utilities library

Strings library

Containers library

Iterators library

Ranges library (C++20)

Algorithms library

Numerics library

Input/output library

Localizations library

Regular expressions library (C++11)

Atomic operations library (C++11)

Thread support library (C++11)

Filesystem library (C++17)

Technical Specifications

 

C++ language

General topics
Preprocessor Comments	Keywords Escape sequences
Flow control
Conditional execution statements
if	switch
Iteration statements (loops)
for range-for (C++11)	while do-while
Jump statements
continue - break	goto - return
Functions
Function declaration
Lambda function declaration
inline specifier
Exception specifications (until C++20)
noexcept specifier (C++11)
Exceptions
throw-expression	try-catch block
Namespaces
Namespace declaration	Namespace aliases
Types
Fundamental types Enumeration types Function types	Compound types Union types
Specifiers
decltype (C++11) auto (C++11) alignas (C++11)	const/volatile constexpr (C++11)
Storage duration specifiers
Initialization
Default initialization Value initialization Zero initialization Copy initialization Direct initialization	Aggregate initialization List initialization (C++11) Constant initialization Reference initialization

Expressions
Value categories Order of evaluation	Operators Operator precedence
Alternative representations
Literals
Boolean - Integer - Floating-point
Character - String - nullptr (C++11)
User-defined (C++11)
Utilities
Attributes (C++11)
Types
typedef declaration
Type alias declaration (C++11)
Casts
Implicit conversions - Explicit conversions
static_cast - dynamic_cast
const_cast - reinterpret_cast
Memory allocation
new expression	delete expression
Classes
Class declaration Initializer lists this pointer	Access specifiers friend specifier
Class-specific function properties
Virtual function override specifier (C++11) final specifier (C++11)	explicit (C++11) static
Special member functions
Default constructor Copy constructor Move constructor (C++11)	Copy assignment Move assignment (C++11) Destructor
Templates
Class template Function template	Template specialization Parameter packs (C++11)
Miscellaneous
Inline assembly	History of C++

 

Acronyms	Full names	See also
AAA	Almost Always Auto	GOTW #94
ADL	Argument-Dependent Lookup
CTAD	Class Template Argument Deduction
CRTP	Curiously Recurring Template Pattern	std::enable_shared_from_this
EBO	Empty Base Optimization	std::allocator, std::default_delete
ICE	Internal Compiler Error
NRVO	Named Return Value Optimization
NSDMI	Non-Static Data Member Initialization
NTTP	Non-Type Template Parameter
ODR	One Definition Rule
PIMPL	Pointer to IMPLementation
RAII	Resource Acquisition Is Initialization
RTTI	RunTime Type Identification	std::type_info
RVO	Return Value Optimization
SBO	Small Buffer Optimization
SCARY	Seemingly erroneous (appearing Constrained by conflicting generic parameters), but Actually work with the Right implementation (unconstrained bY the conflict due to minimized dependencies).	stroustrup.com/SCARY.pdf
SFINAE	Substitution Failure Is Not An Error	std::enable_if, std::void_t
SOO	Small Object Optimization	std::function, std::any
SSO	Small String Optimization	std::basic_string
TMP	Template Meta Programming	<type_traits>
UB	Undefined Behavior
UDL	User-Defined Literals