AP® Computer Science A glossary
Procedural abstraction
Course: AP® Computer Science A Shows up in: Unit 3: Class Creation
Giving a process a name (a method) so it can be used by knowing what it does, not how it does it.
Appears in the course and exam description (CED): 3.1.A.43.1.A.53.1.A.6
Procedural abstraction lets programmers reuse code and change a method’s internals (to make it faster or use less storage) without telling callers, as long as the method signature and what the method does stay the same. Parameters make the procedure general.
Learn it properly, with a checkpoint 3.1 Abstraction and Program Design