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JavaScript is an object-oriented language, which is a programming paradigm that acknowledges the compartmentalization of data encapsulated within an “object.” But what exactly is an object? To put it plainly, it is a classification used to represent a generalized/generic form. This lack of specificity makes it possible to classify an object as anything that exists. This affords an object-oriented language a means to address any and all non-primitive types.
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Smith, B. (2015). Special Objects. In: Beginning JSON. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-0202-9_2
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