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object

an instance of a class containing both data and behavior

Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)

A programming paradigm that organizes software around objects, which contain data (attributes) and behavior (methods). OOP commonly uses encapsulation, inheritance, abstraction, and polymorphism.

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operator precedence

the rules that determine the order the operations are performed in