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Definition of "object-oriented" []

  • Computer Science Of, related to, or being a language or system that can use and support objects: object-oriented graphics; an object-oriented interface. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "object-oriented" in a sentence
  • "I call it object-oriented social, but I have been accused of being a nerd for doing so."
  • "Naval Academy graduate and lead engineer at Mitre Corp., “focusing on object-oriented systems development and legacy systems integration.”"
  • "Liskov's work helped pioneer what is known as object-oriented programming, now the most common approach to software development."