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Meaning of abstraction
Define the term abstraction.
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- 1 Explains that unnecessary detail is removed from the problem or task.
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Abstraction is removing unnecessary detail or information from a problem so that the important features remain.
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Abstraction means removing detail from code.
The definition must refer to removing unnecessary detail from the problem or task, not limit the idea to code.