What is Abstraction?
Abstraction is about separating the general (...important) from the specific (...not so important).
What are General and Specific?
Here's an example. Can you tell me what are these?
(Hint: They are cats!)
General Characteristics
What makes a cat, a cat?
- Two eyes
- Four legs
- Fur
- Triangular shaped ears
- Whiskers
- Tail
Specific Characteristics
What are different about the cats in the picture?
- Color (White, black, orange)
- Fur pattern (Stripes, patches, single color)
- Eye color (Yellow, green, blue)