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abstract data type (plural abstract data types)
- (programming) A data type defined only by data properties and operations to be performed on the data without any specification as to how the data will be represented or the operations performed.
- Synonym: ADT
- Coordinate term: algebraic data type
data type defined only by data properties and operations
abstract data type on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “abstract data type” in "Systems and software engineering—vocabulary", ISO/IEC/IEEE 24765:2010(E), 15 December 2010, →ISBN, DOI 10.1109/IEEESTD.2010.5733835