A programming language structure wherein the data and their associated processing ("methods") are defined as self-contained entities called "objects." Becoming popular in the early 1990s and the norm ...

In the opening of Tim O’Brien’s heart-wrenching novel The Things They Carried, a fictional account of the author’s experiences in Vietnam, he lists items soldiers in Alpha Company carried into battle: ...

A database that is managed by an object-oriented database management system (ODBMS). Object databases are closely aligned with a particular object-oriented programming language and enable the data in ...

It is heartening to learn that a member of the cyber-elite cannot figure out how to turn off her iPod, and that she sometimes fumbles new programs on her laptop. “That’s why they invented 16-year-olds ...

"This book is the final outcome of the Surface Tensions research network, convened in 2009 as a partnership between the University for the Creative Arts and the Victoria and Albert Museum"--Page xv.

The Oxford English Dictionary defines an object as “something placed before or presented to the eyes or other senses”, which conveys the idea that objects correspond to sensory experiences that are ...