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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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Software engineering
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Computer; Software engineering
(1) To depart from the implicit or declared order in which computer program statements are being executed. (2) A program statement that causes a departure.~(3) The departure described in (1).
manufacturing phase
Computer; Software engineering
The period of time in the software life cycle during which the basic version of a software product is adapted to a specified set of operational environments and is distributed to a customer base.
product analysis
Computer; Software engineering
The process of evaluating a product by manual or automated means to determine if the product has certain characteristics.
requirement standard
Computer; Software engineering
A standard that describes the characteristics of a requirements specification.
page frame
Computer; Software engineering
A block of main storage having the size of, and used to hold, a page.
initial program loader
Computer; Software engineering
A bootstrap loader used to load that part of an operating system needed to load the remainder of the operating system.
