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| 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. |
requirements 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)