Data Abstraction

Data abstraction is a fundamental concept in computer science that involves presenting only the relevant details of data to the user while hiding its underlying complexity. It allows developers to work with high-level data structures without worrying about their implementation. For example, when using a list in a program, a user interacts with functions like add, remove, or sort without needing to know the algorithm working behind the scenes. Data abstraction enhances code readability, modularity, and reusability by separating the interface from the implementation. This concept is extensively used in object-oriented programming (OOP) through classes and objects, where methods provide abstraction for the operations on data members.