use case
nounEtymology From use + case.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences, Software A potential scenario in which a system receives an external request (such as user input) and responds to it.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences, Software A usage scenario for a piece of software; often used in the plural to suggest situations where a piece of software may be useful.
- So Amazon unveiled more software services to make A.W.S. indispensable. In a speech at the event, Andy Jassy, the head of A.W.S., said it wanted to “enable every imaginable use case.”2019 December 15, Daisuke Wakabayashi, “Prime Leverage: How Amazon Wields Power in the Technology World”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- Shopify fulfills what’s known in the software development community as the “80 percent use case,” which means it provides 80 percent of the features that merchants need and third-party developers supply the rest[…]2020 November 24, Yiren Lu, “Can Shopify Compete With Amazon Without Becoming Amazon?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
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Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences A usage scenario for a product, such as a piece of equipment or a tool.
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