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Events

• Most modern programming is considered to be “Object-Oriented, Event-Driven Programming”
• OBJECT + EVENT = PROGRAM
• Object are things present in a GUI such as command buttons, icons, and hyperlinks
• Events are things that happen in the real-world, usually in conjunction with input/output hardware such as mouse-clicks or keyboard strokes
• When a user performs an event in conjunction with an appropriate object, it triggers a program