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IB Glossary - O
IB Glossary letter O
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| object | An object is a combination of data and the operations that can be performed in association with that data. Each data part of an object is referred to as a data member while the operations can be referred to as methods. |
| object-oriented programming (OOP) | An approach to programming in which units of data are viewed as active "objects" rather than the passive units envisioned by the procedural paradigm. |
| OCR Optical Character Recognition | Refers to the use of devices and software to "read" characters and translate them into ASCII characters for later processing. |
| OMR forms | Optical mark and read forms. |
| on-line | When a user has access to a computer via a terminal. |
| on-line processing (interactive) | Data processing in which all operations are performed by equipment directly under the control of a central processor, for example, airline reservations. |
| operating system (OS) | Software that controls the execution of programs and that may provide services such as resource allocation, scheduling, input/output control and data management. |
| operator precedence | In programming languages. an order relation defining the sequence of the application of operators within an expression. |
| or | The output of "or" is True if at least one input is True, otherwise the output is False. |