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Software Engineering Vocab
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1. Representational State Transfer.
Phase
REST
data clumps
Quality metrics
2. Small - behaviour- preserving - source- to- source transformation
First- class citizen
Test- driven development
WSDL
a refactoring
3. A method that initializes a newly instantiated object
conflict
Erich Gamma - Richard Helm - Ralph Johnson - John Vlissides
Versioning
Constructor
4. A powerful motivator for change
conflict
model- driven development
intellectual property
Elicitation
5. Freezing the state of the source code at a particular point
Use case diagram
Versioning
Constructor
model- driven development
6. 2nd step of requirements gathering
Analysis...
Casual use case
Closure
REST
7. Ways to express the system's subsystems and their relationship
conflict
Dijkstra's law
Large class
architectural design
8. Improve the internal design and implementation of code without affecting external behavior
Refactoring
Scrum (Agile software development)
sequence diagram
Performance testing
9. 'single dot rule'
Lifecycle
Acceptance testing
Law of demeter
Stress testing
10. Contract between inventor - assignee and state giving a time and geographically limited monopoly
branch
Elicitation
patent
Lazy initialization or Lazy loading (Design pattern)
11. One or two paragraphs of text outlining a use case
Non - functional Requirements
Casual use case
code smell
SOP
12. The process of attempting to optimise the read performance of a database by adding redundant data or by grouping data
middle man
copyright
SOAP
Denormalization
13. Testing can show the presence but not absence of errors
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14. Reusable - abstract 'blocks' of design
Design
Design Patterns
Parser
Programming syntax
15. (smell) Making one change requires changes in multiple places
Fully- dressed use case
Data classes
shotgun surgery
Integration testing
16. 1. A language feature that supports prototype- based programming. 2. Originally: One object relying upon another to provide a specified set of functionalities. 3. In .NET: A way of telling which method to call when an event is triggered
Delegation
a refactoring
technical managerial approach
Programming syntax
17. (smell) A method using another class more than its own
Law of demeter
Constructor
SOP
feature envy
18. Word - logo or symbol used to distinguish one organization's wares and services from another's
Dijkstra's law
trademark
WSDL
Use case diagram
19. (smell) If a set of variables are used together in multiple places
Lazy initialization or Lazy loading (Design pattern)
data clumps
Acceptance testing
feature- driven development
20. The process of eliminating data redundancy by ensuring that tables in a database pertain to a single topic
regression testing
Programming style
Lazy initialization or Lazy loading (Design pattern)
Database normalization
21. 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.
shotgun surgery
statement
architectural design
Feasibility
22. An effective method expressed as a finite list of well- defined instructions for solving a problem.
patent
Algorithm
technical managerial approach
use case
23. 4th step of requirements gathering
message chain
Feasibility
OOP
Validation
24. Wrote the book Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software.
SOP
Association
Programming style
Erich Gamma - Richard Helm - Ralph Johnson - John Vlissides
25. How well your fulfil your requirements
sequence diagram
Software Quality
Refactoring
OOP
26. (smell) Classes using things that should be private in other classes
Semantic Web
brief use case
Design
inappropriate intimacy
27. JQuery is a lightweight JavaScript library that emphasizes interaction between JavaScript and HTML.
jquery
SOAP
Decorator pattern
Functional Requirements
28. A design pattern that allows behaviour to be added to an existing object dynamically.
Quality metrics
Decorator pattern
Data classes
Constructor
29. AKA: Function Constant or Function Literal A function defined - and possibly called - without being bound to an identifier.
Lifecycle
Dijkstra's law
Anonymous function
feature- driven development
30. Simple Object Access Protocol. Specification for exchanging structured information. Uses XML. Usually relies on other Application Layer protocols (HTTP - SMTP)
duplicated code
Analysis...
SOAP
Use case diagram
31. (smell) One class delegates all of its requests to another class
long parameter list
middle man
Law of demeter
a refactoring
32. Each line of code is covered once
REST
sequence diagram
Maturity
statement
33. Part of compiler reads the sequence of characters and outputs a sequence of lexemes.
Lexer
Fully- dressed use case
Design
Phase
34. (smell) many parameters are being passed into a method
long parameter list
code smell
Elicitation
shotgun surgery
35. Formal testing against end user specifications
Use case diagram
middle man
Acceptance testing
Software Quality
36. Testing can show the presence but not absence of errors
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37. Series of phases through which software is developed
Constructor
duplicated code
First- class citizen
Lifecycle
38. Comprehensive description of software's intended purpose
Data classes
SRS Documentation
WSDL
jquery
39. A few sentences summarizing a use case
Code Quality
jquery
brief use case
Recovery testing
40. Techniques for composing objects to form larger structures
WSDL
First- class citizen
Design patterns
architectural design
41. Testing that verifies that individual units of source code are working
unit testing
Phase
Elicitation
Erich Gamma - Richard Helm - Ralph Johnson - John Vlissides
42. Verifies that system is protected against improper penetration
Security testing
Law of demeter
Refactoring
code quality
43. Description of possible sequences of interactions between a user and the system.
intellectual property
shotgun surgery
use case
unit testing
44. A computer program that divides code up into functional components
model- driven development
brief use case
black box testing
Parser
45. Formal document outlining a task that needs to be performed on a system
Fully- dressed use case
Dijkstra's law
conflict
Lifecycle
46. Object oriented programming; using objects to solve problems.
OOP
technical managerial approach
Integration testing
Data classes
47. Force software to fail in order to see how it recovers
Performance testing
Recovery testing
Usability testing
Non - functional Requirements
48. Semantic- oriented programming. A programming paradigm in which the programmer formulizes the logic of a domain by means of semantic structures
Performance testing
SOP
regression testing
Maturity level
49. Testing tactic that looks at all ways that data can flow through the code
regression testing
statement
white box testing
Decorator pattern
50. Reusable - abstract 'blocks' of design
Cowboy coding
Design pattern
code quality
SOP
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