BANGALORE, INDIA: In linguistics abstraction means a concept or an idea. It is a way of generalizing a thought process that can be later applied to wider applications. In computer science, abstraction ...

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How does one measure the performance penalty imposed by a compiler and execution environment on a program for using the data abstractions? In this article, I present the Data Abstraction Penalty (DAP) ...

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Those of us ancient enough to remember the time, or even having grown up during the heyday of the 8-bit home computer, may ...

To elevate AI up this abstraction ladder, the same needs to happen for the inputs it receives. We’ve seen this pattern before: early software ran on bare metal using assembly and other low-level ...

Machine code: the ones and zeroes are an abstract representation of the electromagnetic signals flowing through the wires and computer chips. Assembler: hides away the machine code, allowing a ...