Etymology of abstraction by etymonline

ABSTRACTION meaning: 1 : the act of obtaining or removing something from a source the act of abstracting something; 2 : a general idea or quality rather

An abstraction is something nonspecific, a concept that isn't concrete It can also refer to the state of mind in which a person is not paying attention to

abstraction Abstraction in programming is a process by which we design our software entities according to how much detail they internally

abstraction a withdrawal from worldly affairs, asceticism, from Old French abstraction , from… See origin and meaning of abstraction