Before Object Oriented Programming (OOP) ... Technically a more generic base class is called a ‘superclass’ and the derived class is called a subclass.

Object-oriented programming gives us modifiers, which control the visibility of members and methods. ... In OOP-speak, we say the subclass inherits from the superclass.

What does object-oriented programming actually mean? ... Each subclass (manager, secretary, etc.) has its own data and processing but also inherits everything from the employee class.