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Abstraction 2: Abstraction Unplugged

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Step 6 of 8: Wikipedia Abstraction

Another example of abstraction using nodes and edges is the popular website Wikipedia. Every page on Wikipedia is linked to several other pages that have a connection abstracted in some way to the original page.

With this in mind, we can discover how many degrees of separation one page is from another using the links on each page!

For example, The “Unicorn” page has 1 degree of separation from the “Horse” page because it only takes us one click (node) to get from the first edge to the second edge.

In another example, horse is 2 degrees of Wikipedia separation from World War II

Reflection

Given the fact that Unicorn is 1 degree separated from Horse and Horse is 2 Degrees separated from World War II, How many degrees of separation is Unicorn from World War II?