Polymorphism

Definitions

1. The ability of different types to respond to the same interface — a function or method behaves differently depending on the type of object it's called on, while the calling code doesn't need to know the specific type.

   In plain English: When different things respond to the same command in their own way — like how 'play' means different things to a guitar, a drum, and a piano, but you can tell any instrument to 'play.'

Related Terms

• Callback Hell
• Middleware
• Singleton
• DRY
• Abstraction
• SOLID
• Function
• Interface
• Command Line Interface
• Fluent Interface
• Interface Segregation
• Method Chaining
• Object-Relational Mapping
• Private Field
• Compute Unit