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What is High-Level Design (HLD)? How does it differ from Low-Level Design (LLD)?

Tests whether you know HLD is about system architecture and component boundaries, while LLD is about class-level implementation detail.

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What is High-Level Design (HLD)? How does it differ from Low-Level Design (LLD)?

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