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Software design

Software design is the process of conceptualizing how a software system will work before it is implemented or modified. Software design also refers to the direct result of the design process – the concepts of how the software will work which may be formally documented or may be maintained less formally, including via oral tradition.

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Part of the overall process

Code as design

Artifacts

Design concepts

Design considerations

Modeling language

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Software design

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Triples47
Avg. degree1.98
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see also · 14
Software design → Application, Aspect-oriented, Creation, Explicit, Genre, Human, Interdisciplinary, Overview, Planned, Programming, Software, Specialization, Topical, Written
related to Artifacts · 6
Software design → Documentation, For, Fundamental, Pseudocode, Software, Unified Modeling Language
related to Code as design · 5
Software design → Dijkstra, Donald Knuth, Edsger, TeX, To
related to Part of the overall process · 5
Software design → Completing, In, Requirements, Sometimes, The
related to Design concepts · 4
Software design → Design, Grady Booch, PHAME, The
is a · 2
Software design → activity that occurs after requirements analysis and before coding, process of conceptualizing how a software system will work before it is implemented or modified
related to Modeling language · 2
Software design → Examples, These

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Software designis aprocess of conceptualizing how a software system will work before it is implemented or modified0.90text
Software designis aactivity that occurs after requirements analysis and before coding0.90text
a high-level software architectureinstance ofCode as designA common point of confusion with the term design in software is that the process applies at multiple levels of abstraction0.80text
lower-level componentsinstance ofCode as designA common point of confusion with the term design in software is that the process applies at multiple levels of abstraction0.80text
functionsinstance ofCode as designA common point of confusion with the term design in software is that the process applies at multiple levels of abstraction0.80text
algorithmsinstance ofCode as designA common point of confusion with the term design in software is that the process applies at multiple levels of abstraction0.80text
flow chartinstance ofArtifactsA design process may include the production of art Software design documentation0.80text
use caseinstance ofArtifactsA design process may include the production of art Software design documentation0.80text
Pseudocodeinstance ofArtifactsA design process may include the production of art Software design documentation0.80text
Unified Modeling Language modelinstance ofArtifactsA design process may include the production of art Software design documentation0.80text
other Fundamental modeling conceptsinstance ofArtifactsA design process may include the production of art Software design documentation0.80text
Software designrelated to ArtifactsSoftware0.60section

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