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Software Engineering Vocab

Subjects : engineering, it-skills
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1. The process of attempting to optimise the read performance of a database by adding redundant data or by grouping data






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






3. Evaluates upper limits of operational parameters






4. (smell) Smell deodorant






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






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






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






8. Verifies that system is protected against improper penetration






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






14. 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






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






16. A way to automatically grade code based on heuristics






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






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

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






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






21. Techniques for composing objects to form larger structures






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






23. 4th step of requirements gathering






24. Each possible path through the code is covered






25. The things a system must do






26. Tasks that a system must be able to perform






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






28. A relationship between objects.






29. People who care about the outcome






30. Derived methods should not assume more or deliver less






31. Absence of lifecycle






32. How well your fulfil your requirements






33. Series of phases through which software is developed






34. Testing the whole system for functionality






35. The rights governing the ownership and disposition of technology






36. Ways to express the system's subsystems and their relationship






37. Each condition is covered twice (true - false)






38. Lack of errors in code - readability etc






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






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






41. A few sentences summarizing a use case






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






43. Reusable - abstract 'blocks' of design






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






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






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

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






48. Diagram outlining the tasks that are going to be performed by the user






49. (smell) code is repeated in multiple places






50. Single step in a lifecycle






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