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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buffer

Computer; Software engineering

(1) A device or storage area used to store data temporarily to compensate for differences in rates of data flow, time of occurrence of events, or amounts of data that can be handled by the devices or ...

dump

Computer; Software engineering

(1) A display of some aspect of a computer program's execution state, usually the contents of internal storage or registers. Types include change dump, dynamic dump, memory dump, postmortem dump, ...

algorithm

Computer; Software engineering

(1) A finite set of well-defined rules for the solution of a problem in a finite number of steps; for example, a complete specification of a sequence of arithmetic operations for evaluating sine x to ...

page

Computer; Software engineering

(1) A fixed-length segment of data or of a computer program treated as a unit in storage allocation.~(2) In a virtual storage system, a fixed-length segment of data or of a computer program that has ...

proof of correctness

Computer; Software engineering

(1) A formal technique used to prove mathematically that a computer program satisfies its specified requirements.~(2) A proof that results from applying the technique in (1).

byte

Computer; Software engineering

(1) A group of adjacent binary digits operated upon as a unit and usually shorter than a computer word (frequently connotes a group of eight bits).~(2) An element of computer storage that can hold a ...

document

Computer; Software engineering

(1) A medium, and the information recorded on it, that generally has permanence and can be read by a person or a machine. Examples in software engineering include project plans, specifications, test ...