plural of first-class object

(programming, languages) An entity that can be constructed at run-time, passed as a parameter, returned from a function, or assigned into a variable.

plural of third-class object

plural of second-class object

(architecture, computing, design) A behavioural design pattern that describes the uses of null objects and their behavior (or the lack of them).

plural of object adapter pattern

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

(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