Introduction to Inheritance

Introduction

When a baby is born, it inherits its parents’ genes and acquires physical attributes from both the mother and father. As the baby grows, it forms its own personality.

Similarly, technological products inherit features from their predecessors for backwards compatibility. For example, the Intel Pentium processor inherited many of the features defined by the Intel 486 processor, which inherited features from earlier processors.

Have you ever looked at a family tree? It is a chart representing family relationships using a conventional tree structure. It is often presented with the oldest generations at the top and the newer generations at the bottom.