[W/K] :: object-oriented design

  object-oriented design
       
           (OOD) A design method in which a system is
          modelled as a collection of cooperating objects and
          individual objects are treated as instances of a class
          within a class hierarchy.  Four stages can be identified:
          identify the classes and objects, identify their semantics,
          identify their relationships and specify class and object
          interfaces and implementation.  Object-oriented design is one
          of the stages of object-oriented programming.
       
          ["Object-oriented analysis and design with applications",
          Grady Booch, 2nd ed., pub. Benjamin/Cummings, Redwood CA,
          1994].
       
          (1997-12-07)