| Independent test group (ITG) - | (Software Engineering) a group of people whose primary responsibility is software testing |
| Interface design - | (Software Engineering) a software engineering action that establishes the structure and workflow for a user interface; follows three "golden rules:" place the user in control, reduce the user's memory leoad, make the interface consistent. |
| Interoperability - | (Software Engineering) the degree to which one application communicates or interfaces with another |
| Joint application development (JAD) - | (Software Engineering) a specific FAST technique |
| Levels of abstraction - | (Software Engineering) the degree of detail with which some representation of the software is presented |
| Line-of-code metrics - | (Software Engineering) measures of quality or productivity that are normalized using lines of code produced |
| Load testing - | (Software Engineering) a testing task that determines how software (often a WebApp) will respond to various loading conditions |
| Loop testing - | (Software Engineering) a white box testing technique that exercises program loops |
| Maintainability - | (Software Engineering) the degree to which a program is amenable to change |
| Maintenance - | (Software Engineering) the activities associated with changes to software after it has been delivered to end-users |