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CASE: Acronym for computer-aided software engineering, computer-aided systems engineering. Software used for the automated development of systems software, i.e. , computer code.

Note 1: CASE functions include analysis, design, and programming.

Note 2: CASE tools automate methods for designing, documenting, and producing structured computer code in the desired programming language. Typical CASE tools are:

Configuration management tools including revision control
UML editors and the like
Refactoring tools

Source: from Federal Standard 1037C

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