object-oriented

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object-oriented - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  object-oriented \ob"ject-or"i*ent*ed\, a. (Computers)
     Using data structures called objects, which encapsulate data
     and typically are accessed by passing messages, which in turn
     may trigger internal procedures within the object which are
     invisible outside the object.
     [PJC]

object-oriented - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  object-oriented
  object-orientation
  OO
  
     1. <programming> (OO) See object-oriented programming.  See
     also object-oriented analysis, object-oriented database,
     object-oriented design.
  
     2. <graphics> vector graphics.