The suggested answer is C.
The term used to describe a class derived from a parent class, inheriting the characteristics of the parent while adding its unique characteristics, is Inheritance. In this scenario, the Manager class inherits properties and behaviors from the Employee class, which illustrates the concept of inheritance in object-oriented programming. Encapsulation involves restricting access to certain components, Data modeling is related to the organization of data, and Data hiding is a subset of encapsulation focused on concealing internal object details, none of which accurately describe the relationship mentioned in the question.