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IT293 Unit 9 Glossary of Terms
Terms for Unit 9- IT293
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Computer Science
Undergraduate 2
08/21/2010

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Inheritance
Definition
The process by which one class (the child or derived class) inherits the properties, methods, and events of another class (the parent or base class).
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Hierarchy
Definition
The collection of a parent class along with its descendants.
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Interface
Definition
The set of properties, methods, and events for a class and defines how the class will behave.
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Polymorphism
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The feature by which two classes can have methods that are named the same and have essentially the same purpose, but different implementations.
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Overridable
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A keyword used to designate the parent’s methods that are overridden.
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Overrides
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A keyword used to designate the child’s methods that are doing the overriding.
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