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information hiding comparison table

Subject	have purpose	is a kind of	is a subtopic of	has definition
mechanism		kbTop
information hiding	to allow private information and methods to be changed without affecting other objects to make sure that private information and methods are accessed only through a public interface	mechanism	Object Oriented Programming Concepts	Hiding details so as to reduce complexity

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