November 2022
Beginner
720 pages
22h 8m
English
Content preview from Beginning Software Engineering, 2nd Edition
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GLOSSARY
- 0-day
- See zero-day.
- 1337
- See elite hacker.
- 1GL
- See first generation language.
- 1NF
- See first normal form.
- 2FA
- See two-factor authentication.
- 2GL
- See second generation language.
- 2NF
- See second normal form.
- 3-2-1 backup strategy
- You keep three copies of your data (two backups plus the copy that's in use) on two types of media with one copy off-site.
- 3GL
- See third generation language.
- 3NF
- See third normal form.
- 4GL
- See fourth generation language.
- 5GL
- See fifth generation language.
- 80/20-rule
- In the Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM), the assumption that 80 percent of an application's features will take 20 percent of the project's total time to implement. (The 80/20-rule often applies to other situations too. For example, 80 percent of the bugs are usually contained in 20 percent of the code.)
- acceptance test
- A test to determine whether the finished application meets the requirements.
- ACM
- Association for Computing Machinery.
- ACS
- Australian Computer Society.
- activation
- See execution specification.
- activity diagram
- In UML, a diagram that represents workflows for activities. They include several kinds of symbols connected with arrows to show the direction of the workflow.
- adapter, wrapper, or translator
- A design pattern that provides a simplified interface to a class.
- adaptive development model
- A development model that enables you to change the project's goals if necessary during development.
- administrator
- Someone who manages the development team's ...
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