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Abstraction

Term · Computing and IT · MLC-T-CMP-000012

The practice of hiding complex implementation details while exposing only the necessary features of a system or component. It allows developers to interact with an object at a high level without needing to understand its internal workings. For example, a software library's Application Programming Interface (API) provides an abstraction over its underlying code, specifying the calls that can be made without revealing how they are executed.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CMP-000012
FieldComputing and IT
SubjectTechnical
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-CMP-000012",
  "term": "Abstraction",
  "field": "Computing and IT",
  "definition": "The practice of hiding complex implementation details while exposing only the necessary features of a system or component. It allows developers to interact with an object at a high level without needing to understand its internal workings. For example, a software library's Application Programming Interface (API) provides an abstraction over its underlying code, specifying the calls that can be made without revealing how they are executed.",
  "subject": "Technical",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/abstraction/"
}

Record 13 of 1,553 in Computing and IT terminology (MLC-0101). Request the full dataset.