information hiding (English, noun)
expansion: information hiding (uncountable)
Senses:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
qualifier: object-oriented programming
glosses: 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.)
tags: uncountable
Forms:
form: data hiding
tags: alternative