| O2 |
Object-Oriented. An object-oriented database language.
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| OAB |
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| Oberon |
A procedural programming language which evolved from Modula-2.
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| object |
In object-oriented design or programming, a data item with instructions for the operations to be performed on it.
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| object code |
Machine code generated from source code by an assembler or compiler.
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| object computer |
- The computer that receives a communication, such as a fax or modem transmission. 2. The computer into which a program from a source computer is loaded and run.
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| object linking and embedding |
(OLE). A way of connecting a file with objects from other applications. For example, a page layout file could have a spreadsheet chart, a word processing file, and a graphics file included. An embedded object becomes part of the document in which it is embedded, and is no longer linked to the source document. A linked object is displayed in the destination document but remains in the source document; when a change is made in a linked object, all files connected with it are automatically updated.
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| object linking and embedding custom cont |
(OCX). A special-purpose program module that can be used by applications in a Windows environment. Examples of functions handled by OCX are scroll bars and the ability to resize windows. OCX controls superseded VBX controls, which were written in Visual Basic. OCX controls have been superseded by ActiveX controls; however, ActiveX is backward compatible with OCX. OCX control files end with the .OCX extension.
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| Object Lisp |
An object-oriented version of the Lisp programming language.
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| Object Management Group |
(OMG). An international consortium that sets standards for object-oriented programming.
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| object management system |
In an Integrated Project Support Environment, the system that maintains information about the software being developed.
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| object program |
A program that has been translated from the source language in which it was written into machine language, which can be executed by the computer.
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| Object Request Broker |
(ORB). A program that controls the communication between a client and an object on a server. ORB is a standard of the Object Management Group (OMG).
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| object technology |
(OT). Software development using objects as components with which to build applications.
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| object-oriented |
(OO). Having to do with or making use of objects; an object in this sense is a component containing both data and instructions for the operations to be performed on that data. In object-oriented programming, these reusable components are linked together in various ways to create applications.
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| object-oriented database |
(OODB). A database in which data is stored as objects in an object-oriented programming environment, and which is managed by an object-oriented database management system.
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| object-oriented graphics |
Graphic images represented in the computer as instructions to draw lines or objects, rather than as bitmaps. Also called vector graphics.
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| object-oriented interface |
A graphical user interface such as in Macintosh, Windows or Motif.
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| object-oriented programming |
(OOP). An approach to programming in which each data item with the operations used on it is designated as an object; the routines used to operate on the data item are called methods; and objects are grouped in a hierarchy of classes, with each class inheriting characteristics from the class above it. Some uses of object-oriented programming are simulation; work with vectors and other mathematical objects; and work with graphic objects. Examples of object-oriented programming languages are SIMULA, Smalltalk, C++, Object Pascal, Objective C, Oblog, Eiffel, ESP, ACTOR, and Loops.
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| object-oriented programming language |
A language used in object-oriented programming.
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| Objective C |
An object-oriented C programming language released in slightly different versions by Stepstone, NeXT and GNU. It is available for MS-DOS, Macintosh, VAX/VMS and UNIX.
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| Objective PASCAL |
An extension of PASCAL which has object-oriented programming features.
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| OBKB |
An ackronym to be used while in real-time chat; it means "Okay, bye bye."
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| oblique stroke |
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| obliqueness |
In typography, the degree to which type slants, either to the right or left. Italic fonts have a built-in slant; some programs allow the user to slant type, determining the direction and degree.
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