Object may refer to:

General meanings

Object (philosophy), a thing, being, item, or concept

• Object (abstract), an object which does not exist at any particular time or place

• Physical object, an identifiable collection of matter

  Goal, an aim, target, or objective

• Object (grammar), 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), a language mechanism for binding data with methods that operate on that data

Object-orientation (disambiguation), 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 file, the output of a compiler or other translator program (also known as "object code")

• HTML object element

Mathematics

• 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

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), 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, 2007

• The Object, a prop used by Hipgnosis for the Led Zeppelin album Presence

• Object show, a microgenre of web animation

Other uses

• Object language (disambiguation)

• 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

See also

• Artifact (disambiguation)

• Objection (disambiguation)

• Objective (disambiguation)

• Objet d'art, works of art that are not paintings; large or medium-sized sculptures, prints or drawings