Why are object-oriented classes named classes? What is the etymology of object- oriented classes?

Answer (1 of 6): What it means today is a unit of code that is self enclosed, and encapsulate a trio of entities: data, functions, and state. As a “package” of data, state, and functions (code), it becomes a portable object that can be used, replicated, worked with as a logical single thing. It a...

[degucho]

“Other terms have also been used in various languages since then: e.g. “kind”, “sort” (as in “a sort of thing”), “cluster”, etc. With slight differences in meaning, “prototype”, “exemplar”, etc. have a”

[nicht-sein]

あまりにも伝説上の人物過ぎて、なんとなく既に故人という印象があった(失礼すぎる)そだよね。まだご存命だよね