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dynamic binding (late binding, virtual binding)
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dynamic binding	has definition The process of binding a call to a particular method. This is performed dynamically at run-time due to the presence of polymorphism
	gives power to polymorphism
	is a subtopic of 2.6 - The Effect of Inheritance Hierarchies on Polymorphism and Variable Declarations
	is needed when the compiler determines that there more than one possible method that could be executed by a particular call
	is a kind of process
	prevents programmers from having to write conditional statements to explicitly choose which code to run
	is a synonym of late binding
	is a synonym of virtual binding
process	see also process^2