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title: "What is meant by abstraction?"  
description: "What is meant by abstraction?"  
author: "Pushpendra Singh"  
published: 2010-10-25  
updated: 2020-09-15  
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category: "oops"  
tags: ["oops"]  
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# What is meant by abstraction?

Abstraction is "the process of identifying common patterns that have systematic variations; an abstraction represents the common pattern and provides a means for specifying which variation to use"

## Answers

### Answer by Pushpendra Singh

Abstraction is "the process of identifying common patterns that have systematic variations; an abstraction represents the common pattern and provides a means for specifying which variation to use"

### Answer by Pushpendra Singh

An abstract class is a parent class that allows inheritance but can never be instantiated. Abstract classes contain one or more abstract methods that do not have implementation. Abstract classes allow specialization of inherited classes.


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