software engineering
Defense
(1) A discipline whose objectives are to define, create, and apply a welldefined methodology that addresses a software life cycle of planning, development, and maintenance. (2) The application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software, that is, the application of engineering to software.
Java
The system of applying of an engineering discipline to the design, implementation and maintenance of software systems.
Telecommunications
The discipline devoted to the design, development, and use of computer software. Note: Software engineering must address various aspects of data processing, including compatibility with the computer system which is to execute the software, and tradeoffs among maintainability, flexibility, efficiency, processing time, and costs. [From Weik '89]