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In both software and systems engineering, a use case is a structured description of a system’s behavior as it responds to requests from external actors, aiming to achieve a specific goal. The term is also used outside software/systems engineering to describe how something can be used.
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| Use case | is a | structured description of a system’s behavior as it responds to requests from external actors | 0.90 | text |
| Use case | is a | list of actions or event steps typically defining the interactions between a role | 0.90 | text |
| Use case | is a | polyseme with two senses | 0.90 | text |
| special conditions | instance of | as well as variants | 0.80 | text |
| exceptions | instance of | as well as variants | 0.80 | text |
| or error situations.According to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge | instance of | as well as variants | 0.80 | text |
| the Internal Revenue Service | instance of | and regulatory bodies | 0.80 | text |
| the Department of Insurance | instance of | and regulatory bodies | 0.80 | text |
| activity diagrams | instance of | other behavioral UML diagrams | 0.80 | text |
| sequence diagrams | instance of | other behavioral UML diagrams | 0.80 | text |
| communication diagrams | instance of | other behavioral UML diagrams | 0.80 | text |
| and state machine diagrams can also be used to visualize use cases accordingly | instance of | other behavioral UML diagrams | 0.80 | text |
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