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Requirement vs Precondition - What's the difference?

requirement | precondition |

As nouns the difference between requirement and precondition

is that requirement is a necessity or prerequisite; something required or obligatory while precondition is a requirement which must be satisfied before taking a course of action.

As a verb precondition is

to condition in advance.

requirement

English

(wikipedia requirement)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A necessity or prerequisite; something required or obligatory.
  • Something asked.
  • (engineering) A statement (in domain specific terms) which specifies a verifiable constraint on an implementation that it shall undeniably meet or (a)'' be deemed unacceptable, or ''(b)'' result in implementation failure, or ''(c) result in system failure.

    • Usage notes

    * Adjectives often used with "requirement": stringent, complex, reasonable, mandatory, important, financial, medical, educational, physical, chemical * Verbs often used with "requirement": meet, comply with, satisfy, fulfill, impose, waive, abolish, drop, add, remove, fail to meet, ignore, understand, state, specify, increase, reduce, change, modify

    Synonyms

    * (prerequisite) condition, prerequisite, necessity

    Derived terms

    * functional requirement * requirements engineering * requirements analysis

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    precondition

    English

    Noun

  • A requirement which must be satisfied before taking a course of action.
    • A marriage licence is a precondition for a wedding.

    Derived terms

    * preconditional

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (medicine, biology) To condition in advance
  • * {{quote-journal, 1996, C. Weinbrenner et al., Loss of glycogen during preconditioning is not a prerequisite for protection of the rabbit heart , Basic Research in Cardiology, volume=91, issue=5 citation
    • , passage= The hearts were preconditioned by either ischemia or bradykinin or adenosine.}}