This document introduces object-oriented programming concepts like classes, objects, inheritance, and encapsulation using Java as an example. It provides a simple "Hello World" Java program to demonstrate a Java class and explains how Java code is compiled to bytecode that can run on any platform with a Java Virtual Machine. Key concepts like objects having state through attributes and behavior through methods are defined. The document also shows an example of classes defining objects like bank accounts and persons to demonstrate how classes represent concepts and objects are instances of classes.