is-a
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "isa"
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]- (programming) The relationship between two entities in which one entity inherits from the other.
- Coordinate term: has-a
- 1992, Patrick Henry Winston, Artificial Intelligence, 3rd edition, page 180:
- A special slot, the Is-a slot, short for is-a-member-of-the-class, ties instances to the classes they are members of.
- (programming, ontologies) Such relationship expressed as an ontology component (regardless of whether the OOP paradigm per se is implemented).