Inheritance (object-oriented programming)
CONCEPT IN OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING
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In object-oriented programming, inheritance is the mechanism of basing an object or class upon another object (prototype-based inheritance) or class (class-based inheritance), retaining similar implementation. Also defined as deriving new classes (sub classes) from existing ones such as super class or base class and then forming them into a hierarchy of classes.