What's the best way to define the words “class” and “object” to someone who hasn't used them?

Question

My neighbor is taking \"Intro to Java\", and asked me to help explain a few of the first-day concepts. I realized that since I do this everyday, I don\'t have the beginner\

Answer 1

OOP is just one more way of representing Abstract Data Structures in programs. In object-oriented terminology, the type is called a class, and the variable with that type is called an object. More on type <-> class, variable <-> object correspondence.