n. | 1. | Any notice, word, or communication, written or verbal, sent from one person to another. | |||
2. | Hence, specifically, an official communication, not made in person, but delivered by a messenger;
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v. t. | 1. | To bear as a message. | |||
n. | 1. | A messenger. |
Noun | 1. | ![]() |
2. | message - what a communication that is about something is about | |
Verb | 1. | message - send a message to; "She messaged the committee" |
2. | message - send as a message; "She messaged the final report by fax" | |
3. | message - send a message; "There is no messaging service at this company" |
message - In object-oriented programming sending a message to an object (to invoke a method) is equivalent to calling a procedure in traditional programming languages, except that the actual code executed may only be selected at run time depending on the class of the object. Thus, in response to the message "drawSelf", the method code invoked would be different if the target object were a circle or a square. |