specification
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (4)specifications
- a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of workSynonyms: specType of description, verbal descriptionKinds network architecture, computer architecture
- naming explicitlyType of naming
- (patent law) a document drawn up by the applicant for a patent of invention that provides an explicit and detailed description of the nature and use of an inventionType of document, written document
- a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreementSynonyms: stipulationType of restriction, confinement
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: Cf. F. spécification, LL. specificatio.
1. The act of specifying or determining by a mark or limit; notation of limits.
This specification or limitation of the question hinders the disputers from wandering away from the precise point of inquiry.— Isaac Watts
2. The designation of particulars; particular mention; as, the specification of a charge against an officer.
3. A written statement containing a minute description or enumeration of particulars, as of charges against a public officer, the terms of a contract, the description of an invention, as in a patent; also, a single article, item, or particular, an allegation of a specific act, as in a charge of official misconduct.
4. A detailed listing or description of the required properties of some object proposed to be built or bought; — usually used in the plural; as, the building specifications require that it withstand an earthquake of magnitude 8; the program specifications require an option to change the menus.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: GCIDE editors
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
<jargon> (spec) A document describing how some system should work.
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