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Software Engineering Vocab

Subjects : engineering, it-skills
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1. Ways to express the system's subsystems and their relationship






2. Word - logo or symbol used to distinguish one organization's wares and services from another's






3. A set of rules that define the combinations of symbols that are considered to be correctly structured in a specific programming language. Example: In many programming languages - statements are terminated by a semicolon.






4. Testing where modules are combined and tested as a group






5. (smell) method has too many statements - loops or variables






6. Formal testing against end user specifications






7. Testing tactic based on whether inputs and outputs match up for required functionality






8. A movement that promotes common formats for data.






9. Wrote the book Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software.






10. AKA: Lexical Closure or Function Closure - A function together with a referencing environment for the non - local variables of that function. The key aspect of a ______ is variables from outside the function retain there value from the time the closu






11. A powerful motivator for change






12. A method that initializes a newly instantiated object






13. Each team member given set of features to work on






14. An effective method expressed as a finite list of well- defined instructions for solving a problem.






15. A relationship between objects.






16. Models ->code work is done to keep models in sync with code






17. Absence of lifecycle






18. Test the run - time performance of the system






19. Web Services Description Language. Used to create the XML document that describes the tasks performed by various web services.






20. (smell) Smell deodorant






21. 'single dot rule'






22. Freezing the state of the source code at a particular point






23. Techniques for composing objects to form larger structures






24. Iterative - incremental framework for project management.






25. Delaying the creation of an object - calculation of a value or another expensive process until first needed.






26. Test cases made -> code compiles -> make code pass






27. The process of eliminating data redundancy by ensuring that tables in a database pertain to a single topic






28. A guess of the ability to complete a task or solve a problem. Typically the possible benefits and risks are considered. Some factors would be benefit of completion - risks of incompletion and costs to approach completion.






29. A computer program that divides code up into functional components






30. A design pattern that allows behaviour to be added to an existing object dynamically.






31. A way to automatically grade code based on heuristics






32. Representational State Transfer.






33. Protecting the embodiment of an idea






34. Developing a plan for a product - system or component. 'how' a system should perform a task






35. Derived methods should not assume more or deliver less






36. Description of possible sequences of interactions between a user and the system.






37. Testing can show the presence but not absence of errors

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38. (smell) If a set of variables are used together in multiple places






39. A subjective set of rules or guidelines used when writing source code. Example: The use of whitespace to consistently group and space out statements.






40. (smell) client needs to use one object to get another and then use that one to get another






41. AKA: Object - Entity - or Value - An entity that can be constructed at run - time - passed as a parameter - returned from a subroutine - or assigned into a variable.






42. 4th step of requirements gathering






43. JQuery is a lightweight JavaScript library that emphasizes interaction between JavaScript and HTML.






44. (smell) One class delegates all of its requests to another class






45. Approach to team management that splits management up into two people with separate tasks






46. Figuring out what the requirements are






47. Executes system in a manner that demands abnormal amounts of resources






48. Part of compiler reads the sequence of characters and outputs a sequence of lexemes.






49. How developed code is (testing - documentation etc)






50. People who care about the outcome






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