(software, design) A software design approach that prescribes that software designers should define formal, precise and verifiable interface specifications ("contracts") for software components that extend the ordinary definition of abstract data types with preconditions, postconditions and invariants.

(automotive) An electronic system that assists in the control of car stability.

(software, design) A structural (and partitioning) design pattern that provides a centralized entry point for handling requests and is an extension to the model-view-controller design pattern.

(software architecture) A type of computer user interface that separates the representation of information from the user's interaction.

plural of front controller pattern

(automotive) A nearly flat and roughly triangular suspension member that pivots in two places.

Restrictions upon the development, production, stockpiling, proliferation, and usage of weapons, especially weapons of mass destruction.

Laws or policies that restrict the possession, production, or use of firearms by private citizens.

A governmental restriction on the prices that can be charged for goods and services in a market.

(genetics) A gene that controls the transcription of others in messenger RNA