"first-class object" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: first-class objects [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} first-class object (plural first-class objects)
  1. (programming) An entity that can be constructed at run-time, passed as a parameter, returned from a function, or assigned into a variable.
    Sense id: en-first-class_object-en-noun-YbK6ZdlJ Categories (other): Programming, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
  2. (programming) An entity that can pass a value as a parameter, can be returned from a subroutine, and can be assigned into a variable. (This is the definition according to Raphael Finkel, who uses the terms of second- and third-class objects.)
    Sense id: en-first-class_object-en-noun-aXdmBr6c Categories (other): Programming, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 40 60 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: first-class citizen, first-class entity, first-class value Related terms: second-class object, third-class object Translations (Translations): First-Class-Objekt [neuter] (German), birinci sınıf nesne (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'Translations': 49 51

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