Object

A passive entity that contains or receives information.
SOURCE: SP 800-27

Passive information system-related entity (e.g., devices, files, records, tables, processes, programs, domains) containing or receiving information. Access to an object implies access to the information it contains.
SOURCE: CNSSI-4009

Passive information system-related entity (e.g., devices, files, records, tables, processes, programs, domains) containing or receiving information. Access to an object (by a subject) implies access to the information it contains. See Subject.
SOURCE: SP 800-53