IEEE 610.12-1983
Standard Glossary of Software Engineering Terminology

Standard No.

IEEE 610.12-1983

Release Date

1983

Published By

IEEE - The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers@ Inc.

Status

Be replaced

Replace By

IEEE 610.12-1990

Latest

IEEE 610.12-1990

Scope

This glossary defines terms in general use in the software engineering field. A term was excluded from the glossary if it was considered to be: (1) Parochial to one particular group or organization. (2) A company proprietary term. (3) A standard term in some other well defined discipline@ although terms used in software engineering were repeated in this glossary to avoid conflicts. (4) A multi-word term whose meaning could be inferred from definitions of the component terms. (5) A term whose meaning for software engineering could be directly inferred from its standard English meaning.

IEEE 610.12-1983 history

• 1990 IEEE 610.12-1990 Standard Glossary of Software Engineering Terminology Revision and Redesignation of IEEE Std 729-1983; Corrected Edition; IEEE Computer Society Document
• 1983 IEEE 610.12-1983 Standard Glossary of Software Engineering Terminology