Abstraction

https://craigndave.org/videos/gcse-edexcel-topic-1a-abstraction/

What is abstraction

The process of removing unnecessary details and only including the relevant details.

it is a method of computational thinking that focuses on what is important in problem solving.

What are examples of abstraction, and how does it work.

File explorer, level of detail is abstracted for the user.

They only need to be able to create open move save and delete files.

They dont need to be concerned with where or how all this happens.

Whats another example of abstraction.

Data structure.

Interface for a sat nav app needs to show realistic map with sensible scale a distance in proportion to each othe.r

Another example of abstraction.

Program design.

Flow charts are good example, The flow chart is abstraction of the actual underlying code.