superclass

English

Noun

Wikipedia superclass (plural superclasses)

1. (taxonomy) A taxon ranking below a phylum and above a class.
2. (computing, object-oriented programming) A high-level class that passes attributes and methods down the hierarchy to subclasses.

Translations

class that passes attributes and methods

Czech: nadtřída (cs) f.

Verb

superclass (third-person singular simple present superclasses, present participle superclassing, simple past and past participle superclassed)

1. (transitive) (computing, object-oriented programming) To create a superclass of.

See also

• (computing) abstract type
• (computing) base class
• (computing) interface