Object (computer science) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In computer science , an object is a location in memory having a value and possibly referenced by an identifier . An object can be a variable , a data structure , or a function . In class-based object-oriented programming paradigm, "object" refers to a particular instance of a class where the object can be a combination of variables, functions, and data structures. In relational database management, an object can be a table or column, or an association between data and a database entity (such as relating a person's age to a specific person). [1] Contents [ hide ] 1 Object-based languages 2 Object-oriented programming 3 Specialized objects 4 Distributed objects 5 Objects and the Semantic Web 6 See also 7 References 8 ...