Abstraction is a process where general rules and concepts are derived from the use and classifying of specific examples, literal (real or concrete) signifiers...

In software engineering and computer science, abstraction is the process of generalizing concrete details, such as attributes, away from the study of...

intellectual preoccupations in all areas of Western culture at that time. Abstraction indicates a departure from reality in depiction of imagery in art. This...

In computing, an abstraction layer or abstraction level is a way of hiding the working details of a subsystem. Examples of software models that use layers...

Look up abstraction in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Abstraction is a process or result of generalization, removal of properties, or distancing of...

Lyrical abstraction is either of two related but distinct trends in Post-war Modernist painting: European Abstraction Lyrique born in Paris, the French...

Hardware abstractions are sets of routines in software that provide programs with access to hardware resources through programming interfaces. The programming...

Geometric abstraction is a form of abstract art based on the use of geometric forms sometimes, though not always, placed in non-illusionistic space and...

system in mathematical logic for expressing computation based on function abstraction and application using variable binding and substitution. Untyped lambda...

Abstractionism is the theory that the mind obtains some or all of its concepts by abstracting them from concepts it already has, or from experience. One...

Nucleophilic abstraction is a type of an organometallic reaction which can be defined as a nucleophilic attack on a ligand which causes part or all of...

The Berkeley Lazy Abstraction Software verification Tool (BLAST) is a software model checking tool for C programs. The task addressed by BLAST is the...

In chemistry, hydrogen atom abstraction, or hydrogen atom transfer (HAT), refers to a class of chemical reactions where a hydrogen free radical (a neutral...

An operating system abstraction layer (OSAL) provides an application programming interface (API) to an abstract operating system making it easier and...

Abstraction-Création was a loose association of artists formed in Paris in 1931 to counteract the influence of the Surrealist group led by André Breton...

The term abstraction has a number of uses in the field of linguistics. It can denote a process (also called object abstraction) in the development of...

repetition of information which is likely to change, replacing it with abstractions that are less likely to change, or using data normalization which avoids...

A database abstraction layer (DBAL or DAL) is an application programming interface which unifies the communication between a computer application and...

A leaky abstraction in software development refers to a design flaw where an abstraction, intended to simplify and hide the underlying complexity of a...

Abstraction in mathematics is the process of extracting the underlying structures, patterns or properties of a mathematical concept, removing any dependence...

first abstract watercolor. Untitled (Study for Composition VII, Première abstraction), painted in 1913, is one of the first artworks to emerge from the representational...

In logic, predicate abstraction is the result of creating a predicate from a formula. If Q is any formula then the predicate abstract formed from that...

Abstraction principle may refer to: Abstraction principle (law) Abstraction principle (computer programming) This disambiguation page lists articles associated...

Abstraction, Porch Shadows, also known as Abstraction, Porch Shadows, Twin Lakes, Connecticut, is a black and white photograph taken by Paul Strand in...

engineering and programming language theory, the abstraction principle (or the principle of abstraction) is a basic dictum that aims to reduce duplication...

In computer science, metalinguistic abstraction is the process of solving complex problems by creating a new language or vocabulary to better understand...

Piaget's theory of cognitive development, or his genetic epistemology, is a comprehensive theory about the nature and development of human intelligence...

Sociological abstraction refers to the varying levels at which theoretical concepts can be understood. It is a tool for objectifying and simplifying sociological...

Post-painterly abstraction is a term created by art critic Clement Greenberg as the title for an exhibit he curated for the Los Angeles County Museum...

"post-painterly abstraction." In 1964, Clement Greenberg curated an influential exhibition that traveled the country called Post-Painterly Abstraction. The exhibition...