Software engineering

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.

Industry: Computer; Software

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graph

Computer; Software engineering

(1) A diagram that represents the variation of a variable in comparison with that of one or more other variables; for example, a graph showing a bathtub curve.~(2) A diagram or other representation ...

block

Computer; Software engineering

(1) A group of contiguous storage locations, computer program statements, records, words, characters, or bits that are treated as a unit.~(2) To form a group as in (1).

operator

Computer; Software engineering

(1) A mathematical or logical symbol that represents an action to be performed in an operation. For example, in the expression A = B + 3, + is the operator, representing addition.~(2) A person ...

address

Computer; Software engineering

(1) A number, character, or group of characters that identifies a given device or storage location.~(2) To refer to a device or storage location by an identifying number, character, or group of ...

quality assurance (QA)

Computer; Software engineering

(1) A planned and systematic pattern of all actions necessary to provide adequate confidence that an item or product conforms to established technical requirements.~(2) A set of activities designed ...

accuracy

Computer; Software engineering

(1) A qualitative assessment of correctness, or freedom from error.~(2) A quantitative measure of the magnitude of error.

quality metric

Computer; Software engineering

(1) A quantitative measure of the degree to which an item possesses a given quality attribute.~(2) A function whose inputs are software data and whose output is a single numerical value that can be ...