CASE
Short for Computer Aided Software Engineering, a category of softwarethat provides a development environment for programming teams. CASE systems offer tools to automate, manage and simplify the development process. These can include tools for:
Summarizing initial requirements
Developing flow diagrams
Scheduling development tasks
Preparing documentation
Controlling software versions
Developing program code
Various companies offer CASE software capable of supporting some or all of these activities. While many CASE systems provide special support for object-oriented programming, the term CASE can apply to any type of software development environment.
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