Glossary:Definition - Base class
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| Term | Base class | |
| Definition | Parent class of a derived class: superclass of a subclass. A class which inherits members from another class is called a derived class or subclass. The derived class inherits from the base class or superclass. | |
| See also | Derived class, Inheritance | |
| This C# Online.NET definition is from the Glossary of .NET / C# Terms. | ||