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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.
Contributors in Software engineering
Software engineering
Notation standard
Computer; Software engineering
A standard that describes the characteristics of formal interfaces within a profession.
Report standard
Computer; Software engineering
A standard that describes the characteristics of describing results of engineering and management activities.
Measurement standard
Computer; Software engineering
A standard that describes the characteristics of evaluating a process of product.
Component standard
Computer; Software engineering
A standard that describes the characteristics of data or programme components.
Comrnunicational cohesion
Computer; Software engineering
A type of cohesion in which the tasks performed by a software module use the same input data or contribute to producing the same output data.
Temporal cohesion
Computer; Software engineering
A type of cohesion in which the tasks performed by a software module are all required at a particular phase of programme execution; for example, a module containing all of a program's initialization ...
Logical cohesion
Computer; Software engineering
A type of cohesion in which the tasks performed by a software module perform logically similar functions; for example, processing of different types of input data.
