#abstraction

Deep learning is a branch of machine learning based on a set of algorithms that attempt to model high-level abstractions in data.

From Deep Learning by Ian Goodfellow, Yoshua Bengio, and Aaron Courville

Local knowledge is often marginalized in favor of abstract models that claim to represent reality.

From Seeing Like a State by James C. Scott

Rust's traits are a way to define shared behavior in an abstract way.

From The Rust Programming Language by Steve Klabnik & Carol Nichols

By using a metaobject protocol, we can create new abstractions that make our programs easier to understand.

From The Art of the Metaobject Protocol by Gregor Kiczales