Acronyms and Glossary 425
Personalization: the subtype of configurability that is the degree to which the system or an
architectural component can be (or is) configured so that individual users can be pre-
sented with a unique user-specific experience.
Physical interoperability: the subtype of interoperability that is the degree to which the system
or architectural component physically connects with specified [types of] interfaces with
specified [types of] external systems.
Portability: the internal quality characteristic that is the degree of ease with which a software
system or architectural component can be moved to specified platforms, including associ-
ated operating system, middleware, and underlying hardware.
Precision: the attribute of c