Component-based development
Components have numerous and varied descriptions. Despite this perceived confusion, there is a small set of characteristics that component developers agree upon:
Components are units of deployment, i.e. they run within computer systems.
Each component has a published interface that defines its responsibilities as a set of services, e.g. knowing customers' personal details.
Components interact with other components according to defined communications standards.
Components are assembled to realize solutions.
Component-based development (CBD) combines the construction and testing of components and services with other new or reused components to form the system solution.
Component suppliers and consumers
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