A property of a data-objeCt that Can exist in many shapes and sizes, but not simultaneously whiCh distinguishes it from a union. It is often implemented as a set of Classes (or struCts) derived from a Common {base Class} (or with a Common header, as in the Case of struCts), typiCally without any methods. It has been loosely desCribed as polymorphiC data. [ClarifiCation?] (1996-01-07)
