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object-based language

object-based language noun: any programming language that encapsulates the state and operations inside objects that may or may not support inheritance.

Noun

object-based language (plural object-based languages)

  1. Any programming language that encapsulates the state and operations inside objects that may or may not support inheritance.
    • In practice, the term "object-based" is usually applied to those object-based languages that are not also object-oriented, although all object-oriented languages are also object-based, by definition. Instead, the terms "object-based" and "object-oriented" are normally used as mutually exclusive...

Forms of object-based language

pluralobject-based languages

Questions about object-based language

What does object-based language mean?
Object-based language means any programming language that encapsulates the state and operations inside objects that may or may not support inheritance.
What part of speech is object-based language?
Object-based language is a noun.
What is the plural of object-based language?
The plural of object-based language is object-based languages.

Words near object-based language in the dictionary

  1. object space
  2. object spaces
  3. object world
  4. object worlds
  5. object-based
  6. object-based language
  7. object-based languages
  8. object-based programming
  9. object-control
  10. object-oriented
  11. object-oriented language

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