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Correctness vs Connascence - What's the difference?

correctness | connascence |

In computing|lang=en terms the difference between correctness and connascence

is that correctness is (computing) the state of an algorithm that correctly mirrors its specification while connascence is (computing) a relationship between two or more elements of software in which changing one necessitates changing the others in order to maintain overall correctness.

As nouns the difference between correctness and connascence

is that correctness is freedom from error while connascence is the birth of two or more things at the same time.

correctness

English

(wikipedia correctness)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • freedom from error
  • conformity to the truth or to fact
  • conformity to recognized standards
  • (computing) The state of an algorithm that correctly mirrors its specification.

    • Antonyms

    * incorrectness

    connascence

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The birth of two or more things at the same time.
    • (Johnson)
  • The act of growing together.
  • (computing) A relationship between two or more elements of software in which changing one necessitates changing the others in order to maintain overall correctness.
  • (obsolete) That which is born or produced with another.
  • (obsolete) The act of growing together.
    • (Wiseman)

    References

    * connascence] in [[Wiktionary:Webster, Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary] , G. & C. Merriam, 1828 * Chapter 8: Encapsulation and Connascence in What Every Programmer Should Know About Object Oriented Design , Meilir Page-Jones