Object may refer to:

General meanings

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

, 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 (OOP), in which an object is an instance of a class or array ** Object (IBM i), the fundamental unit of data storage in the IBM i operating system * Object (image processing), a portion of an image interpreted as a unit * Object file, the output of a compiler or other translator program (also known as "object code") * Object, an information source for an information processor * HTML element#Images and objects, HTML object element

Mathematics

* Mathematical object, Object (mathematics), an abstract object arising in mathematics * Group object, a generalization of a group built on more complicated structures than sets * Object, an entity treated by mathematical category theory#Categories, objects, and morphisms, category theory

Physics

* Physical body or object, in physics, an identifiable collection of matter ** Planetary body or planetary object, any secondary body in the Solar system that has a planet-like geology

Other sciences

* Astronomical object * In object relations theory of psychoanalysis, that to which a subject relates

Arts and media

* Object (Le Déjeuner en fourrure), ''Object'' (Le Déjeuner en fourrure), a sculpture by Méret Oppenheim * ''An Object'', an album by No Age, 2013 * "Object", a song by the Cure from ''Three Imaginary Boys'', 1979 * "Object", a song by Ween from ''La Cucaracha (album), La Cucaracha'', 2007 * ''The Object'', a prop used by Hipgnosis for the Led Zeppelin album ''Presence (album), Presence''

Other uses

* Object language (disambiguation) * National Register of Historic Places property types#Object, Object (National Register of Historic Places), a classification used by the U.S. National Register of Historic Places * Object: Australian Design Centre, a non-profit organisation promoting design in Australia * Object theory (disambiguation) * Объект (object), (Russian GABTU), military vehicle designations