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🏈 Odell Beckham Jr. 💾 Compiled file 📐 3D model file 🧩 Data object
OBJ

OBJ

9.9
A file with machine code created when a program is compiled
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : archivo objeto
  • You need to review the OBJ file before linking it to the main application.

Examples

  • Then you've got your OBJ file.

  • To do this, I'm going to select Export Capture as to save my elephant as an OBJ object file.

  • The developer compiled the code, and now she will use the OBJ file in the program.

  • After compiling, the system created an OBJ file that contains the necessary machine code.

Synonyms

object code
vsOBJ
  • Specialized
1 7.4

Machine instructions made from a program so a computer can run it

is machine code that must be linked into a program rather than immediately executable

How Ready

target program
  • Specialized
5.4
OBJ
  • Specialized
9.9
source code
  • Specialized
21 4.1

Surface Forms

OBJ singular
OBJs plural

Morphology

OBJ = object (semi-transparent) = O + B + J

The term is an initialism for 'object' (often in the compound 'object file'); knowing 'object' helps but the specific technical meaning 'compiled object file' is domain-specific.

Etymology

OBJ is a short name that stands for object in programming. It means a file of computer instructions made from source code, a little building block that is linked into the final program.