model

<simulation>

1. A description of observed or predicted behaviour of some system, simplified by ignoring certain details. Models allow complex systems, both existent and merely specified, to be understood and their behaviour predicted. A model may give incorrect descriptions and predictions for situations outside the realm of its intended use. A model may be used as the basis for simulation.

Note: British spelling: "modelling", US: "modeling".

Last updated: 2008-04-28

<programming>

2. The core part of a Model-View-Controller or similar software architecture; the part that stores the data and runs the business rules or algorithms.

Last updated: 2014-11-27

Nearby terms:

MODEF ♦ MODEL ♦ model ♦ model checking ♦ modeling ♦ modeling language

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