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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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code generator
Computer; Software engineering
(1) A routine, often part of a compiler, that transforms a computer program from some intermediate level of representation (often the output of a root compiler or parser) into a form that is closer ...
source code generator
Computer; Software engineering
(1) A routine, often part of a compiler, that transforms a computer program from some intermediate level of representation (often the output of a root compiler or parser) into a form that is closer ...
word
Computer; Software engineering
(1) A sequence of bits, or characters that is stored, addressed, transmitted, and operated on as a unit within a given computer.~(2) An element of computer storage that can hold a sequence of bits or ...
computer word
Computer; Software engineering
(1) A sequence of bits, or characters that is stored, addressed, transmitted, and operated on as a unit within a given computer.~(2) An element of computer storage that can hold a sequence of bits or ...
task
Computer; Software engineering
(1) A sequence of instructions treated as a basic unit of work by the supervisory program of an operating system.~(2) In software design, a software component that can operate in parallel with other ...
list
Computer; Software engineering
(1) A set of data items, each of which has the same data definition.~(2) To print or otherwise display a set of data items.
bootstrap
Computer; Software engineering
(1) A short computer program that is permanently resident or easily loaded into a computer and whose execution brings a larger program, such as an operating system or its loader, into memory.~(2) To ...
