abstractions

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plural of abstraction
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An idea or notion of an abstract, or theoretical nature; as, to fight for mere abstractions
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A separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation. - Nicholson
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The act of leaving out of consideration one or more properties of a complex object so as to attend to others; analysis

Abstraction is no positive act: it is simply the negative of attention.

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The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining. - ""
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Any generalization technique that ignores or hides details to capture some kind of commonality between different instances for the purpose of controlling the intellectual complexity of engineered systems, particularly software systems
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Removal of water from a river, lake, or aquifer, typically for industrial or agricultural uses
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Any intellectual construct produced through the technique of abstraction
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{i} abstract idea; unrealistic idea; act of removing or separating; preoccupation, absentmindedness; abstract work of art
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{n} a drawing from, a separating of ideas, withdrawing from the world
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The use of a general contract as a placeholder for specific details A technique for separating use from implementation
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is formation of an idea, as of the qualities or properties of a thing, by mental separation from particular instances or material objects In software visualisation, abstraction depends on ignoring some aspects of a program or algorithm being visualised, if they do not constitute an efficient means for algorithm understanding On the other hand, it also consists of introduction to the visualisation some elements, which are present neither in the executed program nor in its data, and are usually difficult or impossible to be deduced from them (so called intention content - see below)
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The logical form which analogous things have in common Also, the process of identifying characteristics that distinguish a collection of similar objects
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Abstraction means extracting the essential features of something without including unnecessary detail In the context of object oriented development, we design classes so that clients of a class do not need to know about the detailed implementation of the class Perfect supports this kind of abstraction in specifications as well as implementations Although it is sometimes possible to define a class adequately by its behaviour alone, more often it is necessary to have some model of the data stored by the class in order to understand what the class is for The class methods are specified in terms of this abstract data model (although naturally, clients of the class do not have direct access to it) This leaves the way open to refining the abstract data model to a more efficient implementation model
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In programming design abstraction means hiding details so that only what is needed to use the software is shown Abstraction, information hiding, and encapsulation all mean the same thing
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The act of considering something as a general quality or characteristic, apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances
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preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else
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A description of a collection of things that applies equally well to any one of them Also, a concept that denotes the common properties of a family
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(v) the process of forming an abstract representation, usually hiding detail of the component, system or process not required for the purpose (n) the result of the process of abstraction
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Process of deriving a general concept from specific details; partial representation of something whole
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The essential characteristics of an entity that distinguish it from all other kind of entities An abstraction defines a boundary relative to the perspective of the viewer
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the process of removing similar functionality from subclasses and instead defining it in their superclass (What is Programming? - Slide 16)
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A mental activity, an attitude of mind which affects primarily the entire life-attitude of the personality It involves not only the detachment from long habit, but it involves also a complete readjustment of the entire threefold person to the world of souls
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a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person"
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Genus: Mental process Differentia: Forms a generalization from particulars
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(1) the level of technical detail of some representation of software; (2) a cohesive model of data or an algorithmic procedure
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a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
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an abstract painting
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Method for computing depreciation by comparing the replacement cost of improvements to the sales price less the land value
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The process of hiding details in a program, or the result of the process
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– (1) With respect to software, the conceptual difference between the physical reality of computer hardware and the abstract or logical view of that same hardware provided by system software and/or a programming language (2) With respect to computer system modeling, the process of selecting and representing computing resources and application demands within a model
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An abstraction is the
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a generalized, condensed, or simplified concept derived from a more complex situation A part representation of some whole
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(v) The process of separating the interface to some functionality from the underlying implementation in such a way that the implementation can be changed without changing the way that piece of code is used (n) The API (interface) for some piece of functionality that has been separated in this way
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the act of withdrawing or removing something
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the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
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An intensional representation of a class, typically a description Abstractions always summarize, that is, they emphasize some properties and leave out other properties Omitted properties may be particular to members of the class but are not salient to defining the class
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abstraction means ignoring many details in order to focus on the most important elements of a problem
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A simplified representation of something that is potentially quite complex It is often not necessary to know the exact details of how something works, is represented or is implemented, because we can still make use of it in its simplified form Object-oriented design often involves finding the right level of abstraction at which to work when modeling real-life objects If the level is too high, then not enough detail will be captured If the level is too low, then a program could be more complex and difficult to create and understand than it needs to be
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A representation of a problem, process, etc , that focuses on logical properties rather than on implementation details
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is the act of abstracting, the separating from the concrete To derive To epitomize; to abridge, summarize, concentrate A brief statement of the chief points of a larger work; a condensed record or representation
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Thus, when the mind considers the form of a tree by itself, or the color of the leaves as separate from their size or figure, the act is called abstraction
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The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining
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An abstraction is a general idea rather than one relating to a particular object, person, or situation. Is it worth fighting a big war, in the name of an abstraction like sovereignty?
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A separation from worldly objects; a recluse life; as, a hermit's abstraction
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Absence or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects
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A separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation
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The act of abstracting, separating, or withdrawing, or the state of being withdrawn; withdrawal
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So, also, when it considers whiteness, softness, virtue, existence, as separate from any particular objects
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a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples the act of withdrawing or removing something an abstract painting the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person
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The act process of leaving out of consideration one or more properties of a complex object so as to attend to others; analysis
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