Abstraction (disambiguation)
Abstraction may refer to one of the following:
- Abstraction, the process or result of generalization, or taking away, or where ideas are distanced from objects
- Abstraction (computer science), a mechanism and practice to reduce and factor out details so that one can focus on a few concepts at a time
- Abstraction (mathematics), the process of extracting the underlying essence of a mathematical concept, removing any dependence on real world objects
- Lambda calculus, aka Abstraction, (λname.expression)
- Abstraction (sociology), the varying levels at which theoretical concepts can be understood
- Water abstraction, the extraction of water from a waterbody.
- Abstract art, a movement in 20th century Western art.
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