Title :
Component vs. component: why we need more than one definition [system component and software component]
Author :
Grone, B. ; Knöpfel, Andreas ; Tabeling, Peter
Author_Institution :
Hasso-Plattner-Inst. for IT-Syst. Eng., Potsdam Univ., Germany
Abstract :
This paper discusses the different meanings of the word component in various contexts of software engineering. To overcome this ambiguity we propose to distinguish between two fundamental meanings of the term which should be emphasized by using different names.
Keywords :
formal specification; object-oriented programming; systems analysis; software components; software engineering; system components; Africa; Application software; Architecture description languages; Books; Computer architecture; Connectors; Databases; Information processing; Software engineering; Software systems;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering of Computer-Based Systems, 2005. ECBS '05. 12th IEEE International Conference and Workshops on the
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2308-0
DOI :
10.1109/ECBS.2005.26
