"OOA" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: OOAs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} OOA (countable and uncountable, plural OOAs)
  1. (computing, design) Initialism of object-oriented analysis. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: object-oriented analysis Hypernyms: OOAD
    Sense id: en-OOA-en-noun-srq~kqi5 Categories (other): Computing, Design Topics: arts, computing, design, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  2. (computing, design) Initialism of object-oriented application. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: object-oriented application
    Sense id: en-OOA-en-noun-2ho9rAdN Categories (other): Computing, Design Topics: arts, computing, design, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  3. (genetics, paleontology) Initialism of Out of Africa (hypothesis). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: Out of Africa (extra: hypothesis)
    Sense id: en-OOA-en-noun-pVhnpgKw Categories (other): Genetics, Paleontology, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 13 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 7 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 8 79 Topics: biology, genetics, history, human-sciences, medicine, natural-sciences, paleontology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: OOD

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