BDD

BDD (countable and uncountable, plural BDDs)

1. (computing theory) Initialism of binary decision diagram.
2. (medicine) Initialism of body dysmorphic disorder.
   • 2002, James Claiborne, Cherlene Pedrick, The BDD Workbook, New Harbinger Publications, →ISBN, page 14:

     Is BDD caused by our culture's emphasis on appearance and our concepts of beauty? We are certainly bombarded with messages telling us what looks good, what makes people attractive, and that whatever we look like now is not good enough.

3. (numerical analysis) Initialism of balancing domain decomposition.
4. (software engineering) Initialism of behavior-driven development.

   Coordinate term: TDD

   • 2014, John Smart, BDD in Action: Behavior-Driven Development for the whole software lifecycle, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

     You've now seen what a typical BDD/TDD development process looks like. BDD unit testing is more an approach than a particular toolset, but there are tools and techniques that can make practicing BDD unit testing easier.

5. (software engineering) Initialism of business-driven development.

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