object-oriented
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of object-oriented
1985–90
Example Sentences
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Thanks to its object-oriented modularity, in Smalltalk such a modest change never required more than a second or two.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2026
By confronting the emptiness of consumerism, the Sex Pistols encourage listeners to get beyond object-oriented, acquisitive pursuits.
From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2024
Align students undertake four specially designed classes—the graduate-level equivalent of eight undergraduate courses—in discrete math, object-oriented design and computer systems and algorithms.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 14, 2023
The result will be a new programming paradigm, as object-oriented, probabilistic and distributed programming once were.
From Nature ● Sep. 12, 2017
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
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