What is inheritance. Different between overloading and overriding.

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Inheritance is a mechanism in object-oriented programming where a class inherits properties and behaviors from another class.

Inheritance allows a class to inherit attributes and methods from another class, promoting code reusability.
Overloading is when multiple methods in the same class have the same name but different parameters.
Overriding is when a subclass provides a specific implementation of a method that is already provided by its superclass.
Overloading is resolved at compile time based on the method signature, while overriding is resolved at runtime based on the object type.
Example: Animal class can be a superclass with properties like name and methods like eat. Dog class can inherit from Animal and have its own method bark.

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