plural of third-class object

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

plural of object adapter pattern

plural of BL Lac object

(astronomy) a type of active galaxy with an active galactic nucleus (AGN), named after its prototype, BL Lacertae

plural of potentially hazardous 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.

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

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

plural of object pool pattern