About: Abstraction
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| Name: | Abstraction |
| ID: | m11785 |
| Language: | English (en) |
| Summary: | Programming is managing complexity. The computer scientist uses abstraction as a tool for managing complexity. |
| Subject: | Science and Technology |
| Keywords: | abstraction layers, behavioral abstraction, data abstraction, procedural abstraction |
| Document Type: | -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5 plus MathML//EN |
| License: | Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 1.0 |
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| Authors: | Stephen Wong (swong@rice.edu), Dung Nguyen (dxnguyen@rice.edu) |
| Copyright Holders: | Stephen Wong (swong@rice.edu), Dung Nguyen (dxnguyen@rice.edu) |
| Maintainers: | Stephen Wong (swong@rice.edu), Dung Nguyen (dxnguyen@rice.edu) |
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| Version: | 1.21 (history) |
| Created: | Dec 19, 2003 4:12 pm US/Central |
| Revised: | Jul 12, 2007 9:41 pm GMT-5 |
Version History
| Version: | 1.21 Jul 12, 2007 9:41 pm GMT-5 by Stephen Wong |
| Changes: | Removed reference to "Lab 1". |
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| Version: | 1.20 Jan 29, 2005 11:41 pm US/Central by Dung Nguyen |
| Changes: | Fixed a few typos spotted by Peter Casey (pcasey at cocc dot edu). Thanks Peter! DXN |
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| Version: | 1.19 Jan 21, 2004 1:11 am US/Central by Dung Nguyen |
| Changes: | Add explanation to code. |
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| Version: | 1.18 Jan 20, 2004 1:35 pm US/Central by Stephen Wong |
| Changes: | Added Person.java to module |
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| Version: | 1.17 Jan 20, 2004 11:19 am US/Central by Dung Nguyen |
| Changes: | Add class Person. |
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| Version: | 1.16 Jan 16, 2004 8:35 am US/Central by Dung Nguyen |
| Changes: | more stuffs |
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| Version: | 1.15 Jan 15, 2004 12:04 am US/Central by Dung Nguyen |
| Changes: | more stuffs |
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| Version: | 1.14 Jan 14, 2004 2:55 pm US/Central by Dung Nguyen |
| Changes: | fix glossary. |
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| Version: | 1.13 Jan 14, 2004 9:59 am US/Central by Dung Nguyen |
| Changes: | add class. |
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| Version: | 1.12 Jan 14, 2004 1:50 am US/Central by Dung Nguyen |
| Changes: | fix typos; edit the glossary; promote the first two paragraphs in the Type Abstraction section to the outer level. |
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| Version: | 1.11 Jan 12, 2004 10:50 am US/Central by Stephen Wong |
| Changes: | augmenented glossary |
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| Version: | 1.10 Jan 12, 2004 9:50 am US/Central by Stephen Wong |
| Changes: | Added more content |
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| Version: | 1.9 Jan 12, 2004 2:06 am US/Central by Dung Nguyen |
| Changes: | more stuffs. |
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| Version: | 1.8 Jan 12, 2004 1:27 am US/Central by Dung Nguyen |
| Changes: | more stuffs. |
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| Version: | 1.7 Jan 12, 2004 1:13 am US/Central by Dung Nguyen |
| Changes: | more stuffs. |
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| Version: | 1.6 Jan 11, 2004 11:53 pm US/Central by Dung Nguyen |
| Changes: | fix typos. |
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| Version: | 1.5 Jan 11, 2004 5:21 pm US/Central by Dung Nguyen |
| Changes: | more stuffs. |
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| Version: | 1.4 Jan 11, 2004 3:37 pm US/Central by Dung Nguyen |
| Changes: | Fix up the format. |
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| Version: | 1.3 Jan 11, 2004 3:16 pm US/Central by Dung Nguyen |
| Changes: | Add intro and section on data abstraction. |
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| Version: | 1.2 Jan 11, 2004 2:42 pm US/Central by Dung Nguyen |
| Changes: | add introduction. |
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| Version: | 1.1 Dec 19, 2003 4:42 pm US/Central by Dung Nguyen |
| Changes: | none |
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