From here: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/information/glossary.html
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field
- A data member of a class. Unless specified otherwise, a field is not static.
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property
- Characteristics of an object that users can set, such as the color of a window.
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attribute
- Not listed in the above glossary
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variable
- An item of data named by an identifier. Each variable has a type, such as int or Object, and a scope. See also class variable, instance variable, local variable.