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 ...

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) ...

BankAccount.java is the Super Class for Savings Account. This program was created to develop OOP skills, in particular - Inheritance and Abstraction. BankAccount.java has a deposit, withdrawal, ...

For my final JavaOne 2010 highlighted abstract of the day, I focus on a topic that is likely to be of interest to most Java developers: performance issues and problems in production code. While it's ...