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 \pnum
 \indextext{object!linkage specification}%
 \indextext{linkage!implementation-defined object}%
-Linkage from \Cpp{} to objects defined in other languages and to objects
-defined in \Cpp{} from other languages is \impldef{linkage of objects between \Cpp{} and other languages} and
+Linkage from \Cpp{} to entities defined in other languages and to entities
+defined in \Cpp{} from other languages is \impldef{linkage of entities between \Cpp{} and other languages} and
 language-dependent. Only where the object layout strategies of two
 language implementations are similar enough can such linkage be
 achieved.%