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.

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Immediate control

Computer; Software engineering

A microprogramming technique in which the meaning of a field in a microinstruction is dependent on the value of another field in the microinstruction.

Bit steering

Computer; Software engineering

A microprogramming technique in which the meaning of a field in a microinstruction is dependent on the value of another field in the microinstruction.

Microprogrammable computer

Computer; Software engineering

A microprogrammed computer in which microprograms can be created or altered by the user.

Destructive read

Computer; Software engineering

A read operation that alters the data in the accessed location.

A record of all or selected subroutines or function calls performed during the execution of a computer programme and, optionally, the values of parameters passed to and returned by each subroutine or ...

Symbolic trace

Computer; Software engineering

A record of the source statements and branch outcomes that are encountered when a computer programme is executed using symbolic, rather than actual, values for input data.