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Software component

A software component is a modular unit of software that encapsulates specific functionality. The desired characteristics of a component are reusability and maintainability.

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Component-based software engineering

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Software component

Nodes45
Edges44
Triples11
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.044444
Components1

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Software component

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related to history · 10
Software component → Brad Cox, Douglas McIlroy, He, In, McIlroy, NATO Software Engineering Conference, Objective-C, One, The, Unix
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Software component → modular unit of software that encapsulates specific functionality

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component software components third-party system reusable com framework encapsulates functionality object model attributes component-based engineering modeling microsoft modular reusability maintainability

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Software componentis amodular unit of software that encapsulates specific functionality0.90text
Software componentrelated to historyThe0.60section
Software componentrelated to historyDouglas McIlroy0.60section
Software componentrelated to historyNATO Software Engineering Conference0.60section
Software componentrelated to historyOne0.60section
Software componentrelated to historyIn0.60section
Software componentrelated to historyMcIlroy0.60section
Software componentrelated to historyUnix0.60section
Software componentrelated to historyBrad Cox0.60section
Software componentrelated to historyHe0.60section
Software componentrelated to historyObjective-C0.60section

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