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Single word for undo / redo capability
I'm looking for a single word that describes an application that provides the capability to redo or undo steps. My first thoughts were something like modifiable software, which doesn't really suit my ...
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What is the word for something that has not yet been configured?
I am writing a user-interface for a program that configures some things. Let’s call them entries. To help the user keep track of what is left of configuration, a section such as the following is ...
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Verb meaning “to robust”
I am looking for a verb meaning "to make something more robust", especially in a software engineering context.
Is "to robust" correct and understandable? "Robustify" seems to be another candidate but ...
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Word for code/applications that call an API library
I have an API library, what do I call code/applications that use it? I want to avoid "client" because in my context, it is ambiguous with another concept.
Also it doesn't have to be a single word, as ...
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Is there a word that describes words like 'freeware', 'shareware'?
I'm looking for a word that describes the way software is released. It could be freeware, shareware, donationware, commercial, etc.
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What is a good, short, word to describe a software engineer?
What should I call a person who write software, computer programs ? I know he/she is a software engineer, can I call him/her as "Coder"?
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What is the correct word for “dependee”?
What is the word for something that is depended upon? The relationship here is in the context of software engineering
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A term for released software that is still being actively developed
I'm writing an academic paper that deals with classifying software and I'm trying to think of a term to describe software that is still being actively developed, with new versions being released ...
