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An object hierarchy is a concept from
computer programming Computer programming is the process of performing a particular computation (or more generally, accomplishing a specific computing result), usually by designing and building an executable computer program. Programming involves tasks such as anal ...
. It references descendants of objects acting as properties of an object. An example of this would be the object controlling a
window A window is an opening in a wall, door, roof, or vehicle that allows the exchange of light and may also allow the passage of sound and sometimes air. Modern windows are usually glazed or covered in some other transparent or translucent mat ...
(at the top of the hierarchy) having another object like the window's border acting as a property of the window.


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