| Complexity - | (Software Engineering) a quantitative measure of a program's complexity |
| Component (also called Software component) - | (Software Engineering) a named, modular building block for computer software |
| Configuration - | (Software Engineering) the collection of programs, documents and data that must be controlled when changes are to be madeConfiguration audit - |
| Configuration control - | (Software Engineering) the control of changes to programs, documents or data |
| Configuration items - | (Software Engineering) the individual pieces of programs, documents and data that are controlled using SCM |
| Data flow diagram (DFD) - | (Software Engineering) a modeling notation that represents a functional decomposition of a system |
| Defect amplification - | (Software Engineering) when a defect is introduced early in the software process and remains undetected, it often is amplified into multiple defects later in the software process |
| Extreme programming - | (Software Engineering) an agile process model that emphasizes scenario-based planning, incremental delivery, refactoring, pair programming and continuous testing. |
| Grammatical parse - | (Software Engineering) a technique that is used during analysis and intended to help isolate basic data objects and functions |
| Loop testing - | (Software Engineering) a white box testing technique that exercises program loops |