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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input

Computer; Software engineering

(1) Pertaining to data received from an external source.~(2) Pertaining to a device, process, or channel involved in receiving data from an external source.~(3) To receive data from an external ...

parallel

Computer; Software engineering

(1) Pertaining to the simultaneous transfer, occurrence, or processing of the individual parts of a whole, such as the bits of a character, using separate facilities for the various parts.

program

Computer; Software engineering

(1) See: computer program.~(2) To write a computer program.

(1) Testing that ignores the internal mechanism of a system or component and focuses solely on the outputs generated in response to selected inputs and execution conditions.~(2) Testing conducted to ...

black-box testing

Computer; Software engineering

fault tolerance

Computer; Software engineering

(1) The ability of a system or component to continue normal operation despite the presence of hardware or software faults.~(2) The number of faults a system or component can withstand before normal ...

compatibility

Computer; Software engineering

(1) The ability of two or more systems or components to perform their required functions while sharing the same hardware or software environment.~(2) The ability of two or more systems or components ...