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Software Engineering Vocab

Subjects : engineering, it-skills
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1. Executes system in a manner that demands abnormal amounts of resources






2. Evaluates upper limits of operational parameters






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






4. A movement that promotes common formats for data.






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






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

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7. People who care about the outcome






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






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






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






11. Single step in a lifecycle






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






13. The rigorousness of the tests that are able to be placed on the code






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






15. Diagram used to show how information flows around the system






16. The things a system must do






17. Tasks that a system must be able to perform






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






19. 2nd step of requirements gathering






20. Test the run - time performance of the system






21. The degree to which code is free of defects






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






23. Series of phases through which software is developed






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






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






26. 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






27. Improve the internal design and implementation of code without affecting external behavior






28. Force software to fail in order to see how it recovers






29. Figuring out what the requirements are






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






31. 'single dot rule'






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






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






34. Testing the whole system for functionality






35. Reusable - abstract 'blocks' of design






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






37. 4th step of requirements gathering






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






39. 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.






40. Comprehensive description of software's intended purpose






41. Reusable - abstract 'blocks' of design






42. Constraints on the design due to external factors






43. Verifies that system is protected against improper penetration






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






45. How well your fulfil your requirements






46. 3rd step of requirements gathering






47. A relationship between objects.






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






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






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