binding Comparison Table

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binding comparison table

Subject need when apply to is a synonym of give has definition

dynamic binding the compiler determines that there more than one possible method that could be executed by a particular call instance methods virtual binding power to polymorphism The process of binding a call to a particular method. This is performed dynamically at run-time due to the presence of polymorphism

static binding files and static members A mechanism by which the compiler determines which method implementation to use in advance, based on the type of the reference (regardless of the actual class of the object)

Subject	need when	apply to	is a synonym of	give	has definition
dynamic binding	the compiler determines that there more than one possible method that could be executed by a particular call	instance methods	virtual binding	power to polymorphism	The process of binding a call to a particular method. This is performed dynamically at run-time due to the presence of polymorphism
static binding		files and static members			A mechanism by which the compiler determines which method implementation to use in advance, based on the type of the reference (regardless of the actual class of the object)

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