Specification (disambiguation)
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Specification may refer to several different concepts:
- Specification (technical standard)Specification (technical standard)A specification is an explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service. Should a material, product or service fail to meet one or more of the applicable specifications, it may be referred to as being out of specification;the abbreviation OOS may also be used...
, an explicit set of requirements - Specification (legal concept)Specification (legal concept)Specification is a legal concept adopted from Roman law. It is a derivative mode of acquisition, since it involves deriving rights over objects that are subject to pre-existing rights of ownership. This may be compared with the original modes of acquisition, and other derivative modes of...
, from Roman Law - Specification (regression)Specification (regression)In regression analysis and related fields such as econometrics, specification is the process of converting a theory into a regression model. This process consists of selecting an appropriate functional form for the model and choosing which variables to include. Model specification is one of the...
, the practice of translating theory into a model for regression analysis - Specification languageSpecification languageA specification language is a formal language used in computer science.Unlike most programming languages, which are directly executable formal languages used to implement a system, specification languages are used during systems analysis, requirements analysis and systems design.Specification...
, for describing a computer software design at a high level - Regional specificationRegional specificationIn the field of developmental biology, regional specification is the process by which different areas are identified in the development of the early embryo. The process by which the cells become specified differs between organisms.-Cell fate determination:...
, identifying different areas of the early embryo in biology - Patent specification, part of a patent application