Reducing information and detail to focus on essential characteristics.
Abstraction
A problem solving approach (algorithm) to find a satisfactory solution where finding an optimal or exact solution is impractical or impossible.
Heuristic
A preliminary sketch of an idea or model for something new. It's the original drawing from which something real might be built or created.
Prototype
The universally recognized raw text format that any computer can understand.
ASCII
A collection of public copyright licenses that enable the free distribution of an otherwise copyrighted work, used when an author wants to give people the right to share, use, and build upon a work that they have created.
Creative Commons License