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CASE

CASE: Acronym for computer-aided software engineering, computer-aided systems engineering. Software used for the automated development of systems software, i.e. , computer code.

Note 1: CASE functions include analysis, design, and programming.

Note 2: CASE tools automate methods for designing, documenting, and producing structured computer code in the desired programming language. Typical CASE tools are:

• Configuration management tools including revision control
• UML editors and the like
• Refactoring tools

Above sourced from Federal Standard 1037C

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CASE tools do not only output code. They also generate other output typical of various systems analysis and design methodolgies such as SSADM. E.g.

• database schema
• data flow diagrams
• entity relationship diagrams
• program specifications
• user documentation

See also:

• James Martin
• Fourth-generation programming language

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