Object Oriented Programming
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[programming] (OOP) The use of a class of programming languages and tech- niques based on the concept of an "object," which is a data structure (abstract data type) encapsulated with a set of routines, called "methods," which operate on the data. Operations on the data can be performed only via these methods, which are common to all objects that are instances of a particular "class." Thus the interface to objects is well defined and allows the code implementing the methods to be changed so long as the interface remains the same.
From Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
See Also
- Software License
- Ritual Objects
- Scholar's Rock
- Architecture
- Object Oriented Programming
