"class-based language" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: class-based languages [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} class-based language (plural class-based languages)
  1. (object-oriented programming, computer languages) A programming language in which behaviour reuse (or inheritance) is performed via cloning classes instead of using objects as prototypes. Hypernyms: language, programming language Translations (Translations): objektbasierte Sprache [feminine] (German)

Inflected forms

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