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aspect-oriented ‎(comparative more aspect-oriented, superlative most aspect-oriented)

(computing) Describing a system which has been written so that different sub-systems appear to add themselves to the main business logic without that logic having to include them manually.
The advantage of our aspect-oriented email notification system is that we can change which emails it sends without editing the main program.

computer program with different sub-systems appear to add themselves to the main business logic without that logic having to include them manually