IT ENGLISH: Technical Terminology - Abstraction

What is abstraction in computer science?

• A simplified version of something technical

• A tangible concept or idea

• A complex entity in a program

• A function or object in a program

How do we naturally abstract computing concepts?

• By understanding the CPU processing

• By thinking of binary data transfer

• By typing documents and browsing the web

• By accessing and managing data within a program

Who can benefit from data abstraction in programming?

• Only highly technical people

• Only software developers

• Only students from grade 14

• Both highly technical people and software developers

What is one of the key benefits of object-oriented programming?

• Reducing complexity by removing unnecessary information

• Transforming complex entities into simplified objects

• Accessing and altering data within a program

• Consolidating multiple attributes and methods into a single object

What are objects often called in object-oriented programming?

• Classes

• Functions

• Attributes

• Methods

What is the goal of abstracting data in computer science?

• To increase complexity by adding unnecessary information

• To simplify technical concepts

• To process binary data

• To save data to memory

How does data abstraction reduce complexity?

• By adding unnecessary information

• By removing unnecessary information

• By processing binary data

• By saving data to memory

What do we not think about when typing a document in a word processor?

• The CPU processing each letter

• The data being saved to memory

• The binary data being transferred over the Internet

• The data being processed and rendered by the web browser

What do we not think about when viewing a webpage?

• The CPU processing each letter

• The data being saved to memory

• The binary data being transferred over the Internet

• The data being processed and rendered by the web browser

What is the purpose of consolidating attributes and methods into a single object?

• To increase complexity

• To make it easier to access and manage data

• To remove unnecessary information

• To process binary data