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What is inheritance in object-oriented programming?
The mechanism of basing an object or class upon another object or class, retaining similar implementation
What does a 'child object' acquire from the 'parent object' in inheritance?
All properties and behaviors except constructors, destructors, overloaded operators, and friend functions
What does inheritance allow programmers to do in OOP?
Create classes built upon existing classes, specify new implementation while maintaining the same behaviors, and reuse code
What is a subclass in inheritance?
An inherited class that is derived from a parent class
What is the term used for inheritance in prototype-based programming?
Delegation
Test your understanding of inheritance in object-oriented programming with this quiz. Learn about the mechanism of deriving new classes from existing ones and forming them into a hierarchy of classes.
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