| Black box testing - | (Software Engineering) testing that does not focus on the internal details of the program but uses external requirements |
| Change control authority (CCA) - | (Software Engineering) the person(s) who have responsibility for deciding whether a change is to be made |
| Cohesion - | (Software Engineering) an informal measure of the degree to which a software component implements a single, focused function |
| Component (also called Software component) - | (Software Engineering) a named, modular building block for computer software |
| Coupling - | (Software Engineering) an informal measure of the degree to which a software component is connected to other components, to data, and to the external environment |
| Customer - | (Software Engineering) the person or group that has requested the software and will be paying the bill for its development |
| Debugging - | (Software Engineering) the activity associated with finding and correcting an error or defect - a lack of conformance to requirements found in the software after delivery to the customer |
| Defect removal efficiency (DRE) - | (Software Engineering) a nondimension ratio (between 0 and 1) that provides an indication of the degree to which errors are removed from software before it is released to end-users |
| Design walkthrough - | (Software Engineering) a formal technical review of the design |
| Detail design - | (Software Engineering) a design activity that focuses on the creation of an algorithm |