Abstraction

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Abstraction is a process or result of generalization, removal of properties, or distancing of ideas from objects.

This may refer in particular to one of the following:

• Abstraction (computer science), a process of hiding details of implementation in programs and data
  • Abstraction layers, an application of abstraction in computing
  • Hardware abstraction, an abstraction layer on top of hardware
• Abstraction (linguistics)
• Abstraction (mathematics), a process of removing the dependence of a mathematical concept on real-world objects
  • Lambda abstraction, a kind of term in lambda calculus
• Abstraction (sociology), a process of considering sociological concepts at a more theoretical level

Abstraction may also refer to:

• Water abstraction, the extraction of water from a waterbody
• Abstract art, a movement in 20th-century Western art
• Abstraction (chemistry)

See also

• Abstract (disambiguation)

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