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Abstraction

Abstraction means ignoring irrelevant features, properties, or functions and emphasizing the relevant ones...relevant to the given project (with an eye to future reuse in similar projects).


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  1. I liked the explanation, especially because of the code sample. Good job.

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  2. really i got the point about the abstraction.well done

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  3. really i got the point about the abstraction.well done

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