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(1) A self-contained module of data and its associated processing. Objects are the software building blocks of object technology. See object-oriented programming. (2) In a compound document, an...
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Definition: object
(1) A self-contained module of data and its associated processing. Objects are the software building blocks of object technology. See object-oriented programming.
(2) In a compound document, an independent block of data, text or graphics that was created by a separate application.
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