object-oriented programming
noun
: a type of computer programming in which programs are composed of objects (see object entry 1 sense 6a) which communicate with each other, which may be arranged into hierarchies, and which can be combined to form additional objects
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Smalltalk was eventually commercialized by a PARC spinoff at the end of the 1980s, accelerating the profound effects that Smalltalk and object-oriented programming were already having on the development of software and coding.
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IEEE Spectrum, 1 Mar. 2023
IEEE Spectrum, 1 Mar. 2023
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1981, in the meaning defined above
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