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Software Engineering → Introduction to Software Engineering 4

Method of defining a collection of hardware and software components and their interfaces to establish the framework for the development of a computer system
An intersection between clients by passing the server
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Capacity is
Active object
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Commonality
Quantitative measure of the magnitude of error
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Cost estimation is
Used to describe the over all behavior of the system
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Software Engineering → Software Development Models 4

Probability of an accident arising because of hazard is minimum subject of other costs
An Entity-relation (E-R) diagram show how entities in the system are composed of other entities
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CASE (Computer Aided Software Engineering) is
Servers
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Transforming of logic and data from design specifications (design descriptions) into a programming language
Active objects
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Cost of ownership is
The low-level components of a system are integrated and tested before the higher-level components have been developed
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Software Engineering → Waterfall Model 4

Fault tolerance system are
Centralized control model
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CASE Tools
The time of processing does not affects the system out-put
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An inter change of information between computer systems and peoples or between people.
Activity
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Cost of maintenance
An event driven control system, where an event is broadcasted to each sub- system and any sub-system that can handle that event responds to it.
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Software Engineering → Spiral Model 4

The misuse of system vulnerability is
Call-return control model
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CASE Workbench
Soft real time system
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Extent to which a system or component makes efficient use of its data storage space- occupies a small volume.
Piece of software that acts to accomplish tasks on behalf of its user
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Event-driven control systems are
The testing process starts with modules at lower levels in the hierarchy and works up the hierarchy of modules until the final module is tested.
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Software Engineering → Agile Model 4

Attribute-based identification is
Manager control model
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Centralized control models
Soft real time system
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Entity-relation model is
Quality measures that address how easily a system can evolve or migrate
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Cost of operation is
Control starts of the top of a sub routine hierarchy and through sub routine calls passes to lower levels
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Software Engineering → Requirement Engineering 4

Availability is
Event driven control system
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Change-oriented identification
Abstractness
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Ability of two or more systems or components to perform their required functions while sharing the same hardware or software environment
Architectural design
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In Data reduction
A measure of the amount of work a system can perform
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Software Engineering → Software Design 4

Behavioral models is
Broadcast model
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Hard real time systems are
Acceptable risk
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Completeness in software system is referred as
As low as reasonably practical (ALARP) risk
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Ethnography is
It provides automated support for software process.
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Software Engineering → Coding Standards 3

In Bottom-up integration
Run on single processor
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Classification model
Acceptance testing
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Composition model is
A system continues in operation after some system faults have manifested themselves.
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Software Engineering → Software Testing 3

In Broadcast models
Thin client server model
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Clean room software development
Adaptability
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Match the following :<br>A-Control metrics :<br>B- Process metrics:<br>C- Control:<br>D-Correctness:<br>1- They are associated with software process.<br>2- They are associated with software products.<br>3- Protective measure that reduces system vulnerability.<br>4- Extent to which a system or component is free from faults in its specification, design, and implementation
Attack
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Software Engineering → Debugging 3

Bottom-up testing
Fat client server model
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COCOMO cost model
Quality measures that address how easily a system can evolve or migrate
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Corrective maintenance is
Here each component has a unique name and an associated set of attribute, which differs for each version of component
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Software Engineering → Software Maintenance 3

In Call-return control model
An entity that has a state and defined set of operations that operates on that state
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Client server architecture
Period that starts when a system is considered and ends when the product meets its initial operational capability
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Corrupting failure is
Extent to which a system or component is operational and accessible when required for use
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