Abstraction
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Abstraction is a term widely used in computer science to represent a number of related concepts. Most commonly this is:
- The mechanism and practice of reducing and factoring out details so that one can focus on a few concepts at a time.
Also:
- Something (be it a class, component, idea) that is not related to a concrete instance.
- A simplification of something more complicated to hide unnecessary information.
- The process of considering something independently of its associations, attributes, or concrete accompaniments.
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| Nomenclature | |
|---|---|
| Techniques: Abstraction | Aggregation versus Composition | Association versus Dependency | Coupling | Encapsulation | Information hiding | Inheritance | Multiple Inheritance | Overloading | Polymorphism
Features: Abstract class | Class versus Object | Component versus Module | Instance | Interface | Method | Package versus Namespace | Superclass | Subclass | |
