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To a computer scientist, an object is something that can send and receive a set of standardized digital messages. Your maps app is an object. It can receive a message containing the latitude and longitude of your current location from a GPS app and then send a message to your map app to show your position on a map. Software is a collection of communicating objects, with each object performing a specialized function or coordinating the action of other objects through messaging.
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A term we introduce to describe humans who have digital devices that enable them to send and receive electronic messages and thus behave like active objects.
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Watson, R.T. (2021). Objects. In: Capital, Systems, and Objects. Management for Professionals. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9418-2_6
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