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Object oriented programming

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Object Oriented Programming is a method of organizing instructions in a computer program intended to make the programs easier to read, understand, and remember. Using this method a programmer divides the instructions into objects which are represented by separate files of computer source code. These files are called class files. Each class file describes what kind of information the object is composed of and lays out a set of instructions for manipulating that information. By separating the information a program keeps track of (and the instructions that change that information) into objects, a programmer makes it easier to understand and remember how the program works. Because computer programs can easily become very complicated, understanding how they work is one of the greatest challenges to adding to them or discovering and fixing problems with them. Object oriented programming forces programmers to write their programs in such a way that it is easier to