A strong alternative to the second program in computer science, the text is fully rooted in the concepts of data abstraction and object-oriented software development has changed the subject of data structures. Separation of the concept of helping students understand the difference between the properties of data structures and the implementation, so that they can develop an alternative data representation that is best suited for a particular programming problem. Abstraction and Data Structures Using C + + is intended to be used after the first course in programming with high-level language, but does not require special knowledge of C + + itself.