object-oriented programming

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object-oriented programming - creating a program that can use and support objects

computer programing, computer programming, programing, programming - creating a sequence of instructions to enable the computer to do something

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Tanaka-Ishii analyzes the two types of ontological constructs used in object-oriented computer programming: the class, which relates data structures according to features (taking a "being" ontology), and the abstract data type, which relates data structures according to functions (taking a "doing" ontology).

Semiotics of Programming

Their argument is based on an analysis of two types of ontology used in object-oriented computer programming: namely, the class and the abstract data type.

'Being' and 'doing' as ontological constructs in object-oriented programming

The last few years have seen tremendous growth in object-oriented computer programming. Roughly speaking, this technique involves writing computer programs in special kinds of chunks, known as "objects." Like physical objects in the real world, these software objects in the other objects according to well-defined rules, or laws.