upper class

n : the class occupying the highest position in the social

hierarchy [syn: {upper crust}]

type class

A set of types for which certain operations or {method}s are

defined. E.g. the class Number might have methods for addition

and subtraction. {Class}es are a feature of {object oriented

language}s and of the {functional programming} language

{Haskell}. See also {inheritance}.