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In software evaluation, a model used to estimate or predict the number of remaining faults, required test time, and similar characteristics of a system.
Industry:Computer; Software
In software evaluation, a model used to estimate or predict the number of remaining faults, required test time, and similar characteristics of a system.
Industry:Computer; Software
In the operation of a computer system, a state in which programs other than the supervisory program can execute.
Industry:Computer; Software
In the operation of a computer system, a state in which the supervisory program is executing. This state usually has higher priority than, and precludes the execution of, application programs.
Industry:Computer; Software
In the paging method of storage allocation, the first page in a series of pages.
Industry:Computer; Software
In the paging method of storage allocation, the set of pages that are most likely to be resident in main storage at any given point of a program's execution.
Industry:Computer; Software
Information embedded within a computer program, job control statements, or a set of data, that provides clarification to human readers but does not affect machine interpretation.
Industry:Computer; Software
Mandatory requirements employed and enforced to prescribe a disciplined uniform approach to software development, that is, mandatory conventions and practices are in fact standards.
Industry:Computer; Software
Modification of existing software to enable it to operate with similar functional capability in a different environment; for example, converting a program from Fortran to Ada, converting a program that runs on one computer to run on another.
Industry:Computer; Software
Note: This term has no standardized meaning in software engineering at this time. Candidate definitions are: (1) A set of activities designed to evaluate the quality of developed or manufactured products. Contrast with: quality assurance (2).~(2) The process of verifying one's own work or that of a co-worker.~(3) Synonym for quality assurance.
Industry:Computer; Software
