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Ieee standard 7291983 ieee standard glossary of software engineering terminology published june 1983 by ieee computer society. Every effort has been made to use definitipns from. A few terms that were included in the initial glossary. Ansiieee std 7291983 glossary of software engineering terminology defines criticality as. Standard glossary of terms used in software engineering iqbba. The steering committee of this group had the following members. It is intended to serve as a useful reference for software engineers and for those in related fields and to promote clarity and consistency in the vocabulary of software engineering. Quoting ilene burnstein from the book practical software testing recommended who parts from the definition in the ieee standards collection for software engineering 1994 and ieee standard glossary of software engineering terminology standard 610. Standard glossary of software engineering terminology, std7291991, ansiieee, 1991.
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