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Qualcomm

A California-based technology company; their primary product is the OMNITRACS tractor-trailer-tracking system. They also develop the free and commercial versions of Eudora for Macintosh and IBM PC.

Last updated: 1995-10-05

quality

The totality of features and characteristics of a product or service that bear on its ability to satisfy stated or implied needs. Not to be mistaken for "degree of excellence" or "fitness for use" which meet only part of the definition.

[ISO8402].

Last updated: 1995-11-10

quality assurance

<testing>

(QA) A planned and systematic pattern of all actions necessary to provide adequate confidence that the product optimally fulfils customers' expectations, i.e. that it is problem-free and well able to perform the task it was designed for.

The QA of a commercial product usually involves alpha testing, where an early version of the product is tested at the developer's site, and is then improved accordingly. Then, an almost complete version of the product is made available for beta testing by (selected) real users. Faults identified during beta testing should be fixed before the product is released for full scale manufacturing and distribution.

Last updated: 2001-04-21

quality control

<testing>

The assessment of product compliance with stated requirements. Quality control should be independent from production.

Last updated: 2001-05-20

quality of service

<communications, networking>

(QoS) The performance properties of a network service, possibly including throughput, transit delay, priority. Some protocols allow packets or streams to include QoS requirements.

Last updated: 1998-07-30

Quality Systems & Software Ltd.

<company>

The company which produced the DOORS requirements engineering tool. They also provide consultancy as Requirements Engineering Ltd.

http://qss.co.uk/.

E-mail: Ian Alexander <[email protected]>, Amanda Haisman-Baker <[email protected]>.

Last updated: 1995-11-11

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