Polymorphism: Introduction

Polymorphism

Introduction

The word polymorphism means many forms (poly – many, morph – shapes) Polymorphism is the ability of a message or function to be displayed in more than one form. In C++, polymorphism is achieved through function overloading and operator overloading. The term overloading means a name having two or more distinct meanings. Thus an ‘overloaded function’ refers to a function having more than one distinct meaning.