Object-oriented programming (OOP) is a programming paradigm that uses "objects" – data structures consisting of datafields and methods together with their interactions – to design applications and computer programs. Programming techniques may include features such as information hiding, data abstraction, encapsulation, modularity, polymorphism, and inheritance. It was not commonly used in mainstream software application development until the earl...
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Object-oriented programming (OOP) is a programming paradigm that uses "objects" – data structures consisting of datafields and methods together with their interactions – to design applications and computer programs. Programming techniques may include features such as information hiding, data abstraction, encapsulation, modularity, polymorphism, and inheritance. It was not commonly used in mainstream software application development until the early 1990s. Many modern programming languages now support OOP.
An object is actually a discrete bundle of functions and procedures, all relating to a particular real-world concept such as a bank account holder or football player in a computer game. Other pieces of software can access the object only by calling its functions and procedures that have been allowed to be called by outsiders. Isolating objects in this way makes their software easy to manage and keep track of.
For example, the football player’s functions might include one to reveal the...
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