(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.

An object-oriented version of the Lisp programming language.

Object Management Group. An international consortium that sets standards for object-oriented programming.

(OMG). An international consortium that sets standards for object-oriented programming.

Object-Oriented Data Base. 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.

(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.

A graphical user interface such as in Macintosh, Windows or Motif.

A language used in object-oriented programming.

Object-Oriented Programming. 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.

(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.