Introduction To Computing Systems
Introduction To Computing Systems
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9781260150537
Author: PATT, Yale N., Patel, Sanjay J.
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill,
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Chapter 1, Problem 7E

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Abstraction being productivity enhancer and resulting negative consequences

  • Abstraction is the property in which essential details are only displayed to the user.
  • This means as long as everything about the detail is fine, then there is no need to understand the makeup of the components.
  • In some cases, there is a need to deconstruct the components.
  • Deconstructing means the ability to go from abstraction to its component parts.
  • In case if it breaks or if it does not work then there is a need to understand how abstraction works and also about the inner working of components...

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