AQA A2 Computing 1.1 Information Hiding and Abstraction Flashcards

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Interface

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A boundary between the implementation of a system and the world that uses it. It provides an abstraction of the entity

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Abstraction

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Representation that is arrived at by removing unnecessary details.

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Information Hiding

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The practice of dividing a system into many smaller parts, with interfaces that hide design decisions. This allows use of the object without knowledge of it’s inner workings.

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