Abstraction (disambiguation)

Abstraction is a process or result of generalization, removal of properties, or distancing of ideas from objects.

Abstraction or Abstractions may also refer to:

Art

• Abstraction (art), art unconcerned with the literal depiction of things from the visible world

Works

• "Abstraction", a song by Sara Groves from her 2007 album Tell Me What You Know
• Abstractions (composition), 2016 orchestral suite by Anna Clyne
• Abstraction, Porch Shadows, Twin Lakes, Connecticut, 1916 photograph by Paul Strand
• Solo 2: Abstractions, 2001 studio album by Franco D'Andrea

Mathematics, computer science, and engineering

• Abstraction (computer science), a process of hiding details of implementation in programs and data
  • List of abstractions (computer science)
• Abstraction (mathematics), a process of removing the dependence of a mathematical concept on real-world objects

Math and CS theory

• Full abstraction in denotational semantics
• Hypostatic abstraction, a formal operation that transforms a predicate into a relation
• Lambda abstraction, a definition of an anonymous function that produces a valid term in lambda calculus
• Predicate abstraction and the law of abstraction in formal logic
• Set abstraction (AKA set comprehension, set-builder notation)

Software and electrical engineering

• Hardware abstraction, an abstraction layer on top of hardware
• Abstraction layer, an application of abstraction in computing
• Leaky abstraction, a failure in implementing an abstraction
• Metalinguistic abstraction, the process of crossing language barriers to better understand a problem space
• A component of the presentation–abstraction–control (PAC) pattern
• Service abstraction, a design principle in the service-orientation paradigm

Social sciences

• Abstraction (linguistics), use of terms for concepts removed from the objects to which they were originally attached
• Abstraction (sociology), a process of considering sociological concepts at a more theoretical level
• The result of a plural of abstraction (plurale abstractum), a linguistic phenomenon
• Selective abstraction in clinical psychology

Law

• The first step of the Abstraction-Filtration-Comparison test, a computer software copyright procedure
• The subject of the abstraction principle (Abstraktionsprinzip) in the German abstract system of title transfer
• Abstracting electricity, the crime of diverting electricity around an electricity meter and/or using it without paying for it

Chemistry

• Hydrogen atom abstraction, a class of chemical reactions where a hydrogen radical is removed from a substrate
• Nucleophilic abstraction, a nucleophilic attack which causes part or all of a ligand to be removed from a metal

Miscellaneous

• Water abstraction (water extraction, water withdrawal, water intake), the process of taking water from any source

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Abstraction
• All pages with titles containing Abstraction
• Abstractionism may refer to:
  • Abstractionism, a theory of mind
  • Structuralism (philosophy of mathematics)
• Abstraction principle (disambiguation)
• Abstract (disambiguation)