>I'm reading this article. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd419663.aspx
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>I know what I think "Design Pattern" means, but I'd like to hear other opinions.
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>Thanks

You are getting some not very useful advice. If you want to understand design patterns, here is the book that started the whole movement.

http://www.amazon.com/Design-Patterns-Elements-Reusable-Object-Oriented/dp/0201633612/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1271704015&sr=8-1

Simply put, a design pattern is a coding approach to a general problem that has been proven to work and can be reused.