The Syntax and Terminologies

The Terminologies

Since we know that a new class is created based on an existing class in inheritance, we use the terminology below for the new class and the existing class:

• Base Class (Mother Class or Superclass): This class allows the re-use of its non-private members in another class.
• Derived Class (Child Class or Subclass): This class is the one that inherits from the superclass.

A child class has all non-private characteristics of the mother class.

What Does a Child have?

An object of the child class can use:

• All members defined in the child class.
• All non-private members defined in the mother class.

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