is-a

See also: Appendix:Variations of "isa"

English

Etymology

From is +‎ a.

Noun

is-a (plural is-as)

1. (programming) The relationship between two entities in which one entity inherits from the other.

   Coordinate term: has-a

   • 1992, Patrick Henry Winston, Artificial Intelligence, 3rd edition, page 180:

     A special slot, the Is-a slot, short for is-a-member-of-the-class, ties instances to the classes they are members of.

2. (programming, ontologies) Such a relationship expressed as an ontology component (regardless of whether the OOP paradigm per se is implemented).

Anagrams

• ais, A.S.I., Asi, AIS, a-Si, sia, Ais, Sia, sai, A.I.s, IAS, ASI, IAs, AIs, A. S. I., SIA