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The superclass, or parent class, or base class are common terms that refer to a class that contains common attributes and behaviors of a concept.
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Naturally, any class that inherits from the superclass is considered a subclass, or child class, or derived class.
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Deriving new classes from an existing class abstracts the base class.
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Derived classes have the data and functions of the base class.
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Inheritance tree can grow quite large:
