Paper 2 Computational Thinking Thinking abstractly

The nature of abstraction.

Abstraction means focusing on the most important features of a system while hiding the extra detail that is not needed for the task.

What to do

  1. Read the four examples of abstraction.
  2. Choose the hidden detail that best matches each example.
  3. Write a short reason explaining why abstraction helps.
  4. Use your ideas to write a computer science definition.

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Define abstraction