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information hiding

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.29 in modern English

Syllables
in-for-ma-tion hid-ing
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The technique to hide information so that it is invisible from the outside of an object. (It is a principle of segregation of design decisions that are most likely to change, so that other parts of the program are protected from extensive modification.)

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

data hiding (alternative)

Questions

What does information hiding mean?
The technique to hide information so that it is invisible from the outside of an object. (It is a principle of segregation of design decisions that are most likely to change, so that other parts of the program are protected from extensive modification.)

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