What are the characteristics of objects that distinguish them from other types of software development?
Objects have a number of characterisitcs that help to distinguish object-oriented software development from other types of software development. An object is a combination of the variables that represent its properties and the methods that simulate its behavior. It is a combination of data and processes. An object is encapsulated and the internal details of its variables and methods are hidden. An object responds to messages received from other objects. Different (types of) objects may respond to the same message in different ways.