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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Deviation

Computer; Software engineering

(1) A departure from a specified requirement.~(2) A written authorization, granted prior to the manufacture of an item, to depart from a particular performance or design requirement for a specific ...

Fault

Computer; Software engineering

(1) A defect in a hardware device or component; for example, a short circuit or broken wire.~(2) An incorrect step, process, or data definition in a computer program. Note: This definition is used ...

Hardware monitor

Computer; Software engineering

(1) A device that measures or records specified events or characteristics of a computer system; for example, a device that counts the occurrences of various electrical events or measures the time ...

Time out

Computer; Software engineering

(1) A condition that occurs when a predetermined amount of time elapses without the occurrence of an expected event. For example, the condition that causes termination of an online process if no user ...

Graph

Computer; Software engineering

(1) A diagram that represents the variation of a variable in comparison with that of one or more other variables; for example, a graph showing a bathtub curve.~(2) A diagram or other representation ...

Operator

Computer; Software engineering

(1) A mathematical or logical symbol that represents an action to be performed in an operation. For example, in the expression A = B + 3, + is the operator, representing addition.~(2) A person ...

Trap

Computer; Software engineering

(1) A conditional jump to an exception or interrupt handling routine, often automatically activated by hardware, with the location from which the jump occurred recorded.~(2) To perform the operation ...