| Pair programming - | (Software Engineering) two people work together (side-by-side) to design and construct a software component, providing real-time problem solving and quality control. |
| Perfective maintenance - | (Software Engineering) enhancement, |
| Procedural design - | (Software Engineering) creates representations of algorithmic detail within a module |
| Project risks - | (Software Engineering) the set of potential project problems or occurrences that may cause the project to fail |
| Re-engineering - | (Software Engineering) a series of activities that transform legacy systems (with poor maintainability) into software that exhibits high quality |
| Smoke testing - | (Software Engineering) an integration testing approach that constructs and tests software on a daily basis |
| Software Requirements Specification - | (Software Engineering) a deliverable that describes all data, functional and behavioral requirements, all constraints, and all validation requirements for software |
| Structured programming - | (Software Engineering) a design method that limited design constructs to only three basic forms and constrains program flow for better quality |
| Technical risks - | (Software Engineering) the set of potential technical problems or occurrences that may cause the project to fail |
| AAC - Autoclaved Aerated Concrete | (Concrete Engineering) Exceptionally lightweight precast concrete with high thermal qualities and fire resistence. Suitable for cutting with ordinary hand tools. Mix design is composed of portland cement, sand or siliceous material, lime, gypsum, finely powdered aluminum, and water. Initial mix is a combination of portland cement, sand, lime and gypsum to produce a slurry. Finely powdered aluminum mixed into a paste is added prior to placement into large, rail-like forms. The finely powdered aluminum reacts with the alkaline components of the cement and lime to produce hydrogen gas, which increases the volume approximately five times producing a uniformly, dispersed cellular structure. Units are cut to required shape. Units are placed in an autoclave, an enclosed pressurized chamber, and steam cured at 3500 F. Approximately 80% of the ultimate volume consists of air voids. |