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oop

oop

28 7.8
A way of writing computer programs that use objects with data and actions
  • noun
  • /uː pi/
  • Specialized
translation icon : programación orientada a objetos
  • Learning OOP can greatly enhance your ability to write organized code.

Examples

  • The real issue is whether OOP is actually an effective way to write programs.

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  • But okay, with the understanding of OOP concepts, it should be possible to find a new technology.

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  • We also performed sub-analyses of medical versus pharmacy OOP spending.

    Academic text (2018)
  • The point is, the purpose of OOP is abstraction and encapsulation.

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  • Seriously, folks, the problem is not Java or OOP; it's this sophomoric fetish for patterns.

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  • To our knowledge, this is the first study examining OOP spending and benefit types among younger, privately insured women with metastatic breast cancer.

    Academic text (2018)
  • For analyses of spending before and after the metastatic breast cancer diagnosis, we display monthly OOP spending in the 6 months before and 12 months after the disease index date.

    Academic text (2018)
  • When stratifying by health insurance type, we found that women in HDHPs averaged $6,642 in annual OOP spending as compared to $4,247 among women in LDHPs.

    Academic text (2018)
  • The programmer specialized in OOP to create efficient and reusable software components.

  • Many universities offer courses in OOP as part of their computer science degrees.

Synonyms

object-oriented programming
vsoop
  • Specialized
1 4.9

A way to write programs that keeps data and the actions that use it together to organize and reuse code

is the abbreviated form used instead of the full name

Surface Forms

oop singular

Etymology

Oop is short for object-oriented programming, taken from the first letters O-O-P. It names a way of writing computer programs that uses 'objects' to hold data and actions, which is why the term focuses on 'objects'.