(software, object-oriented programming) An adapter pattern where the adapter contains an instance of the class it wraps.

plural of object adapter pattern

(figuratively) Something that attracts a great deal of attention because of its superficial characteristics. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bright, shiny, object.

(astronomy) A near-Earth asteroid or comet with an orbit such that it has the potential to make close approaches to the Earth and is of a size large enough to cause significant regional damage in the event of impact.

plural of object pool pattern

(programming) A creational design pattern that uses a set of initialised objects kept ready to use, rather than allocating and destroying them on demand.

(software engineering) A piece of middleware in distributed software that enables program calls from one computer to another via a network.

(software) A design pattern used to transfer data between software application subsystems.

(astronomy) a quasar / (dated) a radio-quiet quasar

(computing) Any programming language that encapsulates the state and operations inside objects that may or may not support inheritance.