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Polymorphism*
Ad hoc
Another name for function or operator overloading.
Parametric
When a function or data type is generic and handle values of different types in the same; for instance, List<T>
– a list with elements of an arbitrary type. The specific type in question is often given as a parameter, hence the name.
Subtype
When an object belonging to a subtype can be used in a place where the supertype is expected (as with classes and inheritance in object-oriented programming).
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