Object - Definition and Overview

Etymology: The word object comes from the latin word objectum a noun form of objectus which in turn comes from objicere, which means to throw or put something before someone. Objicere comes from ob-, "in front of" (related to the Greek ἐπί epi-) and jacere, "throw".

As an English word, object has many senses. Some of these senses are subjects of articles:

• Something that is within the grasp of the senses; something tangible; a thing.
• Object (philosophy)
• In computer science:
  • An object is a language supported mechanism for binding data tightly with methods that operate on that data.
  • Object is the root superclass of all Java and Smalltalk classes.
• In information processing, an object is a system which transmits information to an observer.
• Object (task)
• Object in grammar
• Direct object and indirect object (grammar)
• Categories in mathematics contain objects. For instance, the monster group is an object in the category of all groups. Manifolds can contain geometrical objects.
• Object or objection, an act where an attorney in a trial protests an act or evidence by the opposing side or their representation that violates the rules of the court.

See Objecthood.