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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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Pseudo code (pseudocode)
Computer; Software engineering
A combination of programming language constructs and natural language used to express a computer programme design. For example: IF the data arrives faster than expected, THEN reject every third ...
Microprogrammed computer
Computer; Software engineering
A computer in which machine language instructions are implemented by microprograms rather than by hard-wired logic. Note: A microprogrammed computer may or may not be a microcomputer; the concepts ...
Operating system
Computer; Software engineering
A collection of software, firmware, and hardware elements that controls the execution of computer programmes and provides such services as computer resource allocation, job control, input/output ...
Root compiler
Computer; Software engineering
A compiler whose output is a machine independent, intermediate-level representation of a program. A root compiler, when combined with a code generator, comprises a full compiler.
Finite state machine
Computer; Software engineering
A computational model consisting of a finite number of states and transitions between those states, possibly with accompanying actions.
Computer programme
Computer; Software engineering
A combination of computer instructions and data definitions that enable computer hardware to perform computational or control functions.
Cross-compiler
Computer; Software engineering
A compiler that executes on one but generates code for a different computer.
