| OO Concept | Kernel Object Concept |
| object | kobject |
| class | ktype |
| generic container | kset |
| class of a given object | ktype pointed by field ktype in given kobject |
| destructor | function pointed by field release in given ktype |
| methods | functions pointed by fields sysfs_ops.show and sysfs_ops.store of ktype |
| 'this' pointer | first parameter (struct kobject * kobj) for the above |