A code expressed in machine language ["1"s and "0"s] which is normally an output of a given translation process that is ready to be executed by a computer. Syn: machine code. Contrast with source code. See: object program

The objective of object modeling is to understand and describe an environment in terms of its objects while embracing the concepts of abstraction, encapsulation, modularity, hierarchy, typing, concurrence and persistence

An approach to developing software where every component represents an object in the real world, its attributes, and its possible actions; objects can be grouped in classes to facilitate attribute and action assignments

A software development technique in which a system or component is expressed in terms of objects and connections between those objects

Used in quality audits, objective evidence is information which can be proven true, based on facts obtained through observation, measurement, test or other means

Ongoing Process Capability is a long term measure of statistical process control or process performance. It differs from preliminary process capability by utilizing data from a longer time period so as to include all common causes of variation, in particular, those common causes that may result in process shifts affecting a number of sample intervals. Systematic or repetitive patterns of special cause may also be included if the underlying reasons for these special causes are understood. The time required for ongoing capability evaluation depend on the time required for the sources of variation to vary throughout their full ranges, but will typically be three to six months.

A graph used to determine the probability of accepting lots as a function of the lots’ or processes’ quality level when using various sampling plans. Three are three types: Type A curves, which give the probability of acceptance for an individual lot coming from finite production (will not continue in the future); Type B curves, which give the probability of acceptance for lots coming from a continuous process; and Type C curves, which, for a continuous sampling plan, give the long-run percentage of product accepted during the sampling phase

A description in quantifiable terms of what to measure and the steps to follow to consistently measure it

Ordered categories (ranking) with no information about distance between each category, i.e., rank ordering of several measurements of an output parameter

The process of identifying organization problems with individuals, processes, procedures, technology, culture, etc

A process in which the statistical measure being evaluated is not in a state of statistical control, i.e., the variations among the observed sampling results can be attributed to a constant system of chance causes (see also in-control process)