Information hiding

Rarity: Common

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At a glance

Class

Notion

Domain

Science and technology

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What Wikipedia says

In computer science, information hiding is the principle of segregation of the design decisions in a computer program that are most likely to change, thus protecting other parts of the program from extensive modification if the design decision is changed.

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