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Object-oriented Design Patterns
Object-oriented design patterns were introduced in the book "Design Patterns - Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software" by Gamma, Helm, Johnson and Vlissides.
There are patterns in a variety of different areas, and at various levels of abstractions