Abstraction

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Abstraction means a simplification of something more complicated that is going on under the covers.
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Abstraction is a term widely used in computer science to represent a number of related concepts. Most commonly this is:
 
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* The mechanism and practice of reducing and factoring out details so that one can focus on a few concepts at a time.
* Something that exists only as an idea.
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Also:
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* Something (be it a class, component, idea) that is not related to a concrete instance.
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* A simplification of something more complicated to hide unnecessary information.
 
* The process of considering something independently of its associations, attributes, or concrete accompaniments.
 
* The process of considering something independently of its associations, attributes, or concrete accompaniments.
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== Related Information ==
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstraction_(computer_science) Wikipedia Article]
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==See Also ==
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* [[Abstract class]]
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* [[Stable abstractions principle]]
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Latest revision as of 23:09, 8 August 2009

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.

Related Information

See Also


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