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MIT 6.00 Intro Computer Science (OCW) 25 Online
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what is abstraction?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

It's the process by which data and programs are defined with a representation similar to its meaning (semantics), while hiding away the implementation details. Basically, instead of writing a long code that finds the square root of x, you just create a function named sqrt(x) that does the same thing.

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