Glossary

3GL

See Third generation language.

4GL

See Fourth generation language.

abstraction

The result of emphasizing certain features of a thing while de-emphasizing other features that are not relevant. An abstraction is defined relative to the perspective of the viewer.

accessors

Expressions that read or write specific analysis data atoms.

action

Made up of zero or more action language statements attached to an operation, state, or transition.

A fundamental unit of behavior specification that represents some transformation or processing in the modeled system, be it a computer system or a real-world system. Actions are contained in activities, which provide their context. See Activity.

action implementation

Analysis actions translated into ...

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