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by debo_ 769 days ago
It's a term that is commonly used in computer science education to refer to any data type independent of its concrete implementation (so, basically, its interface.) I don't think it's just restricted to Modula-2?
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Indeed, however CLU and Modula-2 were the ones used mostly for practical teaching purposes, until ML became widespread enough for ADT to gain yet another meaning.