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abstraction^2

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abstraction^2 has definition The quality of software in which only the essential aspects of something are captured, reducing the complexity apparent to the user 2001-08-30 14:54:25.0
is a subtopic of 9.2 - Principles Leading to Good Design
is increased by
fewer public methods in each class
all variables being private
the use of superclasses
methods or operations having fewer parameters
is a kind of software quality

software quality is hard to assess 2001-08-30 14:57:42.0

abstraction^2	has definition The quality of software in which only the essential aspects of something are captured, reducing the complexity apparent to the user
	is a subtopic of 9.2 - Principles Leading to Good Design
	is increased by fewer public methods in each class all variables being private the use of superclasses methods or operations having fewer parameters
	is a kind of software quality
software quality	is hard to assess