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specification

noun

  1. technical standard, explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a software
  2. explicit implementation of requirements to be satisfied by a material, design, product, or service
  3. set, establish, decide, expressed with detail, pinpointed
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From Middle French specification, from Medieval Latin specificationem (accusative of specificatio).

  1. An explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service.

    “The contractor followed the architect’s specifications.”

    “Each computer is built to the customer’s exact specification.”

  2. An act of specifying.