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Object

Meaning in software engineering, with examples

/ˈɑːbdʒekt/nounCore term

In software engineering, object means: A unit in a program that groups related data and the functions that work on it, for example a user object with a name, an email and a login method.

In Turkish: nesne, obje

How it is used

Central to object-oriented programming, where objects are created from classes. In JavaScript and JSON, 'object' also simply means a set of key-value pairs inside curly braces. Common verbs: create, pass, return and mutate an object.

Example sentences

  1. The function returns an object with two fields: status and data.

  2. Don't mutate the original object; make a copy first.

Common collocations

  • create an object
  • pass an object
  • object property
  • nested object
  • mutate an object
  • classIn object-oriented programming, a template that defines the data and behavior of a type of object, such as a User or an Invoice.
  • object-oriented programmingA style of programming that organizes code into objects that combine data and behavior, built on ideas such as classes, inheritance and encapsulation.
  • methodA function that belongs to a class or object and usually works with that object's data, for example user.save() or list.sort().
  • JSONShort for JavaScript Object Notation: a simple text format for data, made of key-value pairs and lists, used by most web APIs.

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