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• A feature of object-oriented programming languages in which a sub type inherits methods and variables from its super type. Inheritance is most commonly used as a synonym for class inheritance {class!inheritance}, but interface inheritance is also a feature of some languages, including Java.
  David J. Barnes - Cite This Source - This Definition
• The concept of classes automatically containing the variables and methods defined in their supertypes. See also superclass, subclass.
  Sun Microsystems - Cite This Source - This Definition
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