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Software engineering
The systematic application of scientific principles and disciplines to the development, operation, and maintenance of software to perform prespecified functions with maximum economy and efficiency.
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simplicity
Computer; Software engineering
Those attributes of software that provide implementation of functions in the most understandable manner.
conciseness
Computer; Software engineering
Those attributes of the software that provide implementation of a function with a minimum amount of code.
consistency
Computer; Software engineering
Those attributes of the software that provide uniform design and implementation techniques and notations.
source program
Computer; Software engineering
A computer program that must be compiled, assembled, or otherwise translated in order to be executed by a computer.
linking loader
Computer; Software engineering
A computer program that reads one or more object modules into main memory in preparation for execution, creates a single load module by resolving cross-references among the separate modules, and, in ...
translator
Computer; Software engineering
A computer program that transforms a sequence of statements expressed in one language into an equivalent sequence of statements expressed in another language.
interpreter
Computer; Software engineering
A computer program that translates and executes each statement or construct of a computer program before translating and executing the next.
