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Software Engineering Vocab

Subjects : engineering, it-skills
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1. Force software to fail in order to see how it recovers






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






3. Testing designed to uncover regressions (where stuff that used to work doesn't work anymore)






4. 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






5. Single step in a lifecycle






6. Series of phases through which software is developed






7. 2nd step of requirements gathering






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






9. AKA: Function Constant or Function Literal A function defined - and possibly called - without being bound to an identifier.






10. Absence of lifecycle






11. Testing that verifies that individual units of source code are working






12. Testing the whole system for functionality






13. Protecting the embodiment of an idea






14. One or two paragraphs of text outlining a use case






15. (smell) A method using another class more than its own






16. Derived methods should not assume more or deliver less






17. Each possible path through the code is covered






18. Constraints on the design due to external factors






19. An operator used to denote anonymous functions or closures.






20. Iterative - incremental framework for project management.






21. A movement that promotes common formats for data.






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






23. Representational State Transfer.






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






25. Test whether or not tasks can be accomplished efficiently by all levels of users






26. Test the run - time performance of the system






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

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






29. Small - behaviour- preserving - source- to- source transformation






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






31. Testing tactic that looks at all ways that data can flow through the code






32. The things a system must do






33. Object oriented programming; using objects to solve problems.






34. 'single dot rule'






35. (smell) many parameters are being passed into a method






36. 3rd step of requirements gathering






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






38. Figuring out what the requirements are






39. Reusable - abstract 'blocks' of design






40. Simple Object Access Protocol. Specification for exchanging structured information. Uses XML. Usually relies on other Application Layer protocols (HTTP - SMTP)






41. How well your fulfil your requirements






42. Degree to which the system meets the specified requirements and development standards






43. People who care about the outcome






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






45. Tasks that a system must be able to perform






46. Semantic- oriented programming. A programming paradigm in which the programmer formulizes the logic of a domain by means of semantic structures






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






48. Formal testing against end user specifications






49. 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.






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






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