use case

See also: use-case

English

Alternative forms

• use-case

Etymology

use + case

Noun

use case (plural use cases)

1. (software engineering) A potential scenario in which a system receives an external request (such as user input) and responds to it; used in software design.
2. (software engineering) A usage scenario for a piece of software; often used in the plural to suggest situations where a piece of software may be useful.

Translations

system scenario

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 用例 (zh) (yònglì), 使用案例 (shǐyòng ànlì), 用況／用况, 用况 (yòngkuàng)

• Czech: případ použití m
• Finnish: käyttötapaus (fi)
• French: cas d’utilisation m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Anwendungsfall (de) m
• Japanese: ユースケース (yūsukēsu)
• Russian: сцена́рий испо́льзования m (scenárij ispólʹzovanija), вариа́нт испо́льзования m (variánt ispólʹzovanija), прецеде́нт (ru) m (precedént) (i.e. "precedent", also used in UML terminology)
• Swedish: användningsfall n
• Turkish: kullanım senaryosu

Anagrams

• causees