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re·quire·ment

[ri-kwahyuhr-muhnt]
noun
1.
that which is required; a thing demanded or obligatory: One of the requirements of the job is accuracy.
2.
an act or instance of requiring.
3.
a need or necessity: to meet the requirements of daily life.

Origin:
1520–30; require + -ment

non·re·quire·ment, noun
pre·re·quire·ment, noun
su·per·re·quire·ment, noun


1. Requirement, requisite refer to that which is necessary. A requirement is some quality or performance demanded of a person in accordance with certain fixed regulations: requirements for admission to college. A requisite is not imposed from outside; it is a factor which is judged necessary according to the nature of things, or to the circumstances of the case: Efficiency is a requisite for success in business. Requisite may also refer to a concrete object judged necessary: the requisites for perfect grooming. 2. order, command, injunction, directive, demand, claim.

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Requirements is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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  • The financial requirements for potential buyers seem quite.
  • Very good point regarding the research requirements.
  • Attempts to reduce capital requirements in busts are equally fraught.
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requirements definition

programming
The first stage of software development which defines what the potential users want the system to do. In modern methods these requirements should be testable, and will usually be traceable in later development stages. A common feature of nearly all software is that the requirements change during its lifetime.
See software life-cycle.
(1995-11-11)

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