Keywords Bank

S

software development process

a structure imposed on the development of a software product. Synonyms include software life cycle and software process. There are several models for such processes, each describing approaches to a variety of tasks or activities which take place during the process.

software documentation (or source code documentation)

written text which accompanies computer software. It explains either how it operates or how to use it, and may mean different things to people in different roles.

software license (licencja na oprogramowanie)

(UK spelling: licence) - there are several important IT licenses like GNU GPL(open source), Mozilla Public License or Microsoft Public License

stochastic (stochastyczny)

describes a process whose behavior is non-deterministic in that the next state of the environment is not fully determined by the previous state of the environment

streaming protocol

set of rules to make sure that data will be supported in real time

Suse, Red Hat, Ubuntu

examples of linux distributions

T

texture (tekstura)

a bitmap image applied to a surface in computer graphics

to prune

to cut parts of the map invisible to the player

U

Unix

a computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie and Douglas Ilroy

up-front

(design, analysis, requirements) a feature of the Waterfall model in which time and effort are spent early in the software development process to remove any errors or bugs

V

VBScript

Visual Basic Scripting Edition - an Active Scripting (technology used in Windows to implement component-based scripting support) language developed by Microsoft

VFS(Virtual file system) (wirtualny system plików)

an abstraction layer on top of a more concrete file system

W

Windkessel

(air kettle), one of the models presented in the article

Windows

an operating system