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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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Software engineering
Attribute
Computer; Software engineering
A characteristic of an item; for example, the item's color, size, or type.
Linking loader
Computer; Software engineering
A computer programme that reads one or more object modules into main memory in preparation for execution, creates a single load module by resolving cross-references among the separate modules, and, ...
Software tool
Computer; Software engineering
A computer programme used in the development, testing, analysis, or maintenance of a programme or its documentation. Examples include comparator, cross-reference generator, decompiler, driver, ...
Language processor
Computer; Software engineering
A computer programme that translates, interprets, or performs other tasks required to process statements expressed in a given language.
Translator
Computer; Software engineering
A computer programme that transforms a sequence of statements expressed in one language into an equivalent sequence of statements expressed in another language.
Interpreter
Computer; Software engineering
A computer programme that translates and executes each statement or construct of a computer programme before translating and executing the next.
Microcode assembler
Computer; Software engineering
A computer programme that translates microprograms from symbolic form to binary form.
