object-oriented programming

American  

[ob-jekt-awr-ee-uhn-tid proh-gram-ing] / ˈɒb dʒɛktˌɔr i ən tɪd ˈproʊ græm ɪŋ /

Also object oriented programming

noun

Computers.

1. a programming language or system that supports the use of objects, such as an entire image, a routine, or a data structure. OOP

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object-oriented programming Scientific  

1. A schematic paradigm for computer programming in which the linear concepts of procedures and tasks are replaced by the concepts of objects and messages. An object includes a package of data and a description of the operations that can be performed on that data. A message specifies one of the operations, but unlike a procedure, does not describe how the operation should be carried out. C++ is an example of an object-oriented programming language.

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Etymology

Origin of object-oriented programming

First recorded in 1980–85

Example Sentences

In designing their model, the scientists chose an approach that parallels the design of modern software systems, known as object-oriented programming.

From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2012

He leaned toward them and said, “In object-oriented programming, discrete software objects interfaced more freely, in a system of corporate service provision that mirrored the emergent structures of late capitalism.”

From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson