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Planning & product delivery vocabulary

Words for planning & product delivery, each with its meaning in English and Hindi, how to say it, a sentence that shows it in use, and what to say instead or the opposite.

Words: 8

agenda

/uh-JEN-duh/

The ordered list of items a meeting is going to cover.

कार्यसूची; बैठक में चर्चा किए जाने वाले विषयों की क्रमित सूची

“A meeting without an agenda is a conversation somebody else is paying for.”

Synonyms: schedule, order of business, programme, itinerary

Antonyms: free discussion, open forum, improvisation, unstructured chat

deadline

/DED-lyn/

The date or time by which a piece of work has to be finished.

अंतिम तिथि; वह समय जब तक काम पूरा होना अनिवार्य है

“A deadline nobody negotiated is a date somebody else chose for you.”

Synonyms: due date, cut-off, time limit, target date

Antonyms: open-ended, indefinite, no time limit, rolling schedule

strategic planning

/struh-TEE-jik plan-ing/

Setting long-term goals and deciding how the organisation will reach them.

रणनीतिक नियोजन; दीर्घकालिक लक्ष्य और उन तक पहुँचने का मार्ग तय करना

“Strategic planning is choosing what not to do, written where it can be checked.”

Synonyms: long-term planning, strategy setting, forward planning, roadmapping

Antonyms: firefighting, reactive management, short-termism, drifting

application

/ap-li-KAY-shuhn/

A software program written to carry out one particular set of tasks.

अनुप्रयोग; विशिष्ट कार्य करने के लिए बनाया गया सॉफ़्टवेयर प्रोग्राम

“The application shipped on time and the thing it replaced is somehow still running.”

Synonyms: program, app, software tool, system

Antonyms: hardware, firmware, manual process, paperwork

bug

/BUHG/

A fault in software that makes it behave in a way it was never meant to.

त्रुटि; सॉफ़्टवेयर का वह दोष जिससे अनपेक्षित व्यवहार होता है

“Every bug is a lesson about an assumption somebody made and never wrote down.”

Synonyms: defect, fault, error, glitch

Antonyms: feature, fix, patch, correct behaviour

database

/DAY-tuh-bays/

An organised store of data arranged so it can be found and updated efficiently.

डेटाबेस; व्यवस्थित रूप से संग्रहीत आँकड़ों का भंडार

“The database outlives the application in front of it, usually by a decade.”

Synonyms: data store, repository, data bank, record system

Antonyms: scattered files, paper records, loose spreadsheets, unstructured notes

software

/SOFT-wair/

The instructions and programs that tell a computer what to do.

सॉफ़्टवेयर; कंप्यूटर को काम बताने वाले निर्देश और प्रोग्राम

“Software is cheap to copy and expensive to keep working, which surprises every buyer.”

Synonyms: program, application, code, system

Antonyms: hardware, equipment, machinery, physical goods

specifications

/spes-i-fi-KAY-shuhnz/

A detailed written description of what a product must do, and how well.

विनिर्देश; उत्पाद की अपेक्षित विशेषताओं का विस्तृत लिखित ब्योरा

“Specifications are where a disagreement gets settled before it becomes a rebuild.”

Synonyms: requirements, specs, technical brief, design criteria

Antonyms: vague brief, assumptions, guesswork, verbal instructions

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