📝Reification

Reification in when you think of something abstract as a physical thing.

When applied to programming, this usually means a concept (or thing/action) is represented as data. This makes the thing in question more explicit, it can be operated on, etc.

See also:

• List of Reification examples

Backlinks

• 📖 Just Enough Software Architecture
• 📝 List of Reification examples
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