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[Answer] What Is Object-Oriented Programming? Why Be “Oriented” Toward It?

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[Answer] What Is Object-Oriented Programming? Why Be “Oriented” Toward It?

This is mainly a matter of translation. In “Object-Oriented Programming,” “Object” is generally translated as “object,” and “Oriented” as “oriented toward,” so the full phrase becomes “object-oriented programming.” This is also in contrast to another term.

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