What is Component-based software engineering?
'''Component-based software engineering''', or '''component-based software development''' is an idea from [[computer science]]. It says that complex systems should be made of smaller pieces, called components. Each component has a given functionality, and an interface that can be used to communicate with it. Well-designed components can be re-used. An application can then be made by combining and extending different compoents. These components will then use each other's interfaces to communicate. [[Category:Computer science]] {{sci-stub}}