object file
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ob´ject file
| n. | 1. | (Computers) A computer program which has been translated into machine language by a compiler and assembler, but not yet linked into an executable program; sometimes called an obj file, because its file name typically has the extension "obj" . |
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.