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Many OOP programming languages (including Java, [[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]], [[D (programming language)|D]], [[ECMAScript]]) make use of object references. Object references, which are similar to pointers in other languages, allow for objects to be passed around by [[Pointer (computing)|address]] so that the whole object need not be copied.
 
A Java example, when "copying" an object using simple assignment: