object computer

object computer

[′äb·jekt kəm‚pyüd·ər]

(computer science)

The computer processing an object program; the same computer compiling the source program could, therefore, be called the source computer; such terminology is seldom used in practice.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

object computer

The computer into which a program is loaded and run (same as "target computer"). See also object language.

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