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Abstraction is a conceptual process by which higher, more abstract concepts are derived from the usage and classification of literal (ie. "real" or "concrete") concepts. An "abstraction" (noun) is a concept that acts as super-categorical noun for all subordinate concepts, and connects any related concepts as a group, field, or category.

Abstractions may be formed by reducing the information content of a concept or an observable phenomenon, typically to retain only information which is relevant for a particular purpose. For example, abstracting a leather soccer ball to the more general idea of a ball retains only the information on general ball attributes and behavior, eliminating the characteristics of that particular ball.

Origins

See also: Modern human behaviour

The first symbols of abstract thinking in humans can be traced to fossils dating between 50,000 and 100,000 years ago in Africa.

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Thu Sep 2 21:18:17 2010

What is difference between encapsulation and abstraction and how are they related to each other?
Q. What is difference between encapsulation and abstraction and how are they related to each other?
Asked by Nirvana - Sun Jul 26 23:01:39 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Abstraction... Abstraction is the process or result of generalization by reducing the information content of a concept or an observable phenomenon, typically to retain only information which is relevant for a particular purpose. For example, abstracting a leather soccer ball to a ball retains only the information on general ball attributes and behaviour. Similarly, abstracting happiness to an emotional state reduces the amount of information conveyed about the emotional state. encapsulation is the hiding of the internal mechanisms and data structures of a software component behind a defined interface, in such a way that users of the component (other pieces of software) only need to know what the component does, and cannot make themselves… [cont.]
Answered by firsty h - Mon Jul 27 00:33:18 2009

What do you think about the artists who work in abstraction?
Q. -do you appreciate them? why or why not? -whats your perspective of them? how do you look them or how do you consider them? -these questions are for survey...so just give me your opinions!! Thanks.
Asked by Grapy - Mon Feb 23 22:07:23 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. I think artists who work in abstraction have great freedom and opportunity to developing new ideas and express feelings. I appreciate abstract artists because they are creative. I consider them Intelligent people. Thank you and good luck on your survey. Hope I contributed.
Answered by AJ - Wed Feb 25 00:03:05 2009

how to write project abstraction if i am making project on online electronic shopping.?
Q. how to write project abstraction if i am making project on online electronic shopping.
Asked by Ajesh - Fri Jul 9 04:35:14 2010 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. An abstraction is just a high level description of the project. You do not want to include implementation details. Example: The project is a shopping website that the client will use to sell merchandise to the general public. The site will display the merchandise and include facilities for taking orders and accepting payments. As you can see, I am making very general statements without going into details as to how the merchandise display will be coded or how the shopping cart will be implemented.
Answered by Kenneth - Fri Jul 9 05:44:23 2010

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