object-oriented \ob"ject-or"i*ent*ed\, a. (Computers)
   Using data structures called objects, which encapsulate data
   and typically are accessed by passing messages, which in turn
   may trigger internal procedures within the object which are
   invisible outside the object.
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	object-oriented
     
        1.  (OO) See object-oriented programming.  See
        also object-oriented analysis, object-oriented database,
        object-oriented design.
     
        2.  vector graphics.