Interface Control Document (ICD)

(1) A document that describes the requirements of the characteristics that must exist at a common boundary between two or more equipment or computer software products. An ICD for a BMDS element or component consists of an Interface Control Specification (ICS) and an Interface Design Document (IDD). (MDA Lexicon) (2) The technical documentation, generated by each party to an interface control agreement, that presents that partys interface and interfacing requirements. The ICD may be in the form of a drawing or a specification.