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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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State
Computer; Software engineering
(1) A condition or mode of existence that a system, component, or simulation may be in; for example, the pre-flight state of an aircraft navigation programme or the input state of given channel.~(2) ...
Procedure
Computer; Software engineering
(1) A course of action to be taken to perform a given task.~(2) A written description of a course of action as in (1); for example, a documented test procedure.~(3) A portion of a computer programme ...
Programme mutation
Computer; Software engineering
(1) A computer programme that has been purposely altered from the intended version to evaluate the ability of test cases to detect the alteration.~(2) The process of creating an altered programme as ...
Transfer
Computer; Software engineering
(1) To send data from one place and receive it at another.~(2) To relinquish control by one process and assume it at another, either with expectation of return (see call) or without such expectation ...
Branch
Computer; Software engineering
(1) A computer programme construct in which one of two or more alternative sets of programme statements is selected for execution.~(2) A point in a computer programme at which one of two or more ...
Store
Computer; Software engineering
(1) To place or retain data in a storage device.~(2) To copy computer instructions or data from a register to internal storage or from internal storage to external storage.
Forward recovery
Computer; Software engineering
(1) The reconstruction of a file to a given state by updating an earlier version, using data recorded in a chronological record of changes made to the file.~(2) A type of recovery in which a system, ...
