Which concept is defined as follows: the ability of a subclass to provide a specific implementation of a method already defined in its parent class?

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This Medium Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) question asks: Which concept is defined as follows: the ability of a subclass to provide a specific implementation of a method already defined in its parent class? The correct choice is D. Method overriding. Read the options below, commit to one, then use the explanation to see why that choice holds and why the others do not.

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Correct answer

D. Method overriding

Explanation

Method overriding is the term that matches “Which concept is defined as follows: the ability of a subclass to provide a specific implementation of a method already defined in its parent class” (option D). Option A (Class) does not fit this question. Option B (Abstraction) does not fit this question. Option C (This/self keyword) does not fit this question. For this Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) question, the accepted answer is Method overriding.

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