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Questions about the definition of software-engineering terms, and about the right terms to use to refer to commonly known concepts, practices or patterns related to software and systems development life cycle. Using the right terms correctly is a core practice of the scientific and engineering reasoning.

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Is there such a thing as feature bloat?

During the late 1990s, Microsoft Excel had at least three, and I think four, mutually-incompatible ways to add an "international" currency symbol onto a formatted number, each accessed by its own sep …
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What's the term describing this system for generating user interfaces?

So, there's this idea, which you already know: Define the layout of your UI by creating a tree of panels. The leaf nodes on the tree are what we used to call 'controls' way back in the day-- the thing …
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