An abstract data type (ADT) is a type that consists of a collection of data and associated operations for manipulating the data. The ADT will only mention the list of operations that can be performed but not the implementation. The implementation itself is hidden, which is why it's called abstract.
Imagine we have a DVD player we usually use in our pleasure time. The player has a remote control, too. The remote control has various menu buttons such as ejecting the disc, playing or stopping the video, increasing or decreasing volume, and so forth. Similar to the ADT, we don't have any idea how the player increases the volume when we press the increasing button (similar to the operation in ADT). We just call the ...
