Abstract class
<programming> In object-oriented programming, a class designed only as a parent from which sub-classes may be derived, but which is not itself suitable for instantiation. Often used to "abstract out" incomplete sets of features which may then be shared by a group of sibling sub-classes which add different variations of the missing pieces.
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C++ class concrete class Eiffel |
abstract data type abstract interpretation abstraction abstract machine Abstract Machine Notation |
