leaky abstraction

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Etymology

Popularised in 2002 by software engineer Joel Spolsky.

Noun

leaky abstraction (plural leaky abstractions)

  1. (software engineering) An abstraction that undesirably exposes details and limitations of its underlying implementation.
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