Object may refer to:

General meanings

Object (philosophy) An object is a philosophical term often used in contrast to the term ''subject''. A subject is an observer and an object is a thing observed. For modern philosophers like Descartes, consciousness is a state of cognition that includes the subject� ...

, a thing, being, or concept ** Object (abstract), an object which does not exist at any particular time or place **

Physical object In common usage and classical mechanics, a physical object or physical body (or simply an object or body) is a collection of matter within a defined contiguous boundary in three-dimensional space. The boundary must be defined and identified by t ...

, an identifiable collection of matter *

Goal A goal is an idea of the future or desired result that a person or a group of people envision, plan and commit to achieve. People endeavour to reach goals within a finite time by setting deadlines. A goal is roughly similar to a purpose or ...

, an aim, target, or objective *

Object (grammar) In linguistics, an object is any of several types of arguments. In subject-prominent, nominative-accusative languages such as English, a transitive verb typically distinguishes between its subject and any of its objects, which can include bu ...

, a sentence element, such as a direct object or an indirect object

Science, technology, and mathematics

Computing

3D model In 3D computer graphics, 3D modeling is the process of developing a mathematical coordinate-based representation of any surface of an object (inanimate or living) in three dimensions via specialized software by manipulating edges, vertices, ...

, a representation of a physical object *

Object (computer science) In computer science, an object can be a variable, a data structure, a function, or a method. As regions of memory, they contain value and are referenced by identifiers. In the object-oriented programming paradigm, ''object'' can be a combina ...

, a language mechanism for binding data with methods that operate on that data ** Object-orientation, in which concepts are represented as objects ***

Object-oriented programming Object-oriented programming (OOP) is a programming paradigm based on the concept of " objects", which can contain data and code. The data is in the form of fields (often known as attributes or ''properties''), and the code is in the form of ...

(OOP), in which an object is an instance of a class or array ** Object (IBM i), the fundamental unit of data storage in the