Maturity
Overview
Maturity may refer to:
- Sexual maturitySexual maturitySexual maturity is the age or stage when an organism can reproduce. It is sometimes considered synonymous with adulthood, though the two are distinct...
, the stage when an organism can reproduce, though it is distinct from adulthood - Mature technologyMature technologyA mature technology is a technology that has been in use for long enough that most of its initial faults and inherent problems have been removed or reduced by further development...
, a term indicating that a technology has been in use and development for long enough that most of its initial problems have been overcome - Maturity (geology)Maturity (geology)In petroleum geology, the maturity of a rock is a measure of its state in terms of hydrocarbon generation. Maturity is established using a combination of geochemical and basin modelling techniques....
, a geological term describing rock, source rock, and hydrocarbon generation - Maturity (sedimentology)Maturity (sedimentology)In sedimentology, maturity describes the composition of grains in sandstones occurring from various amounts of sediment transportation. It occurs when the grains in a sediment become well-sorted and well-rounded due to weathering of the grains...
, a geological term describing the proximity of a sedimentary deposit from its source - Maturity (finance)Maturity (finance)In finance, maturity or maturity date refers to the final payment date of a loan or other financial instrument, at which point the principal is due to be paid....
, a financial term indicating the final date for payment of principal and interest - Capability Maturity ModelCapability Maturity ModelThe Capability Maturity Model is a development model that was created after study of data collected from organizations that contracted with the U.S. Department of Defense, who funded the research. This model became the foundation from which CMU created the Software Engineering Institute...
, a software engineering term indicating to which extent it is planned how to do things when developing, testing, documenting, maintaining software etc.
