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Program comprehension (also program understandingor[source] code comprehension) is a domain of computer science concerned with the ways software engineers maintain existing source code. The cognitive and other processes involved are identified and studied.[1] The results are used to develop tools and training.[2]

Software maintenance tasks have five categories: adaptive maintenance, corrective maintenance, perfective maintenance, code reuse, and code leverage.

Theories of program comprehension[edit]

Titles of works on program comprehension include

Computer scientists pioneering program comprehension include Ruven Brooks, Ted J. Biggerstaff, and Anneliese von Mayrhauser.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Letovsky, Stanley (1987-12-01). "Cognitive processes in program comprehension". Journal of Systems and Software. 7 (4): 325–339. doi:10.1016/0164-1212(87)90032-X. ISSN 0164-1212.
  • ^ Storey, Margaret-Anne (2005-05-15). "Theories, methods and tools in program comprehension: Past, present and future". 13th International Workshop on Program Comprehension (IWPC'05). IWPC '05. USA: IEEE Computer Society. pp. 181–191. doi:10.1109/WPC.2005.38. ISBN 978-0-7695-2254-8.

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