object-oriented

American  

[ob-jikt-awr-ee-en-tid, ‑-ohr‑, ob-jekt‑] / ˈɒb dʒɪktˌɔr iˌɛn tɪd, ‑ˈoʊr‑, ˈɒb dʒɛkt‑ /

adjective

Computers.

1. pertaining to or denoting a system, programming language, etc., that supports the use of objects, as an entire image, a routine, or a data structure.

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Etymology

Origin of object-oriented

1985–90

Example Sentences

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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