| 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 |
| Configuration status reporting (CSR) - | (Software Engineering) an activity that help software developer to understand what changes have been made and why |
| Constraints - | (Software Engineering) an restrictions or limitations placed on requirements or design |
| Data dictionary - | (Software Engineering) a database that contains definitions of all data items defined during analysis; see also, Requirements dictionary |
| Data flow diagram (DFD) - | (Software Engineering) a modeling notation that represents a functional decomposition of a system |
| Data modeling - | (Software Engineering) an analysis method that models data objects and their relationships |
| Data warehouse - | (Software Engineering) a large, independent database that has access to databases that serve many different applications that are required by a business |
| 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 |
| 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 |