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Glossary of Automation & Control Engineering Terms
Baseline
A "baseline" is a defined state through which "items" pass at a specific time during their life cycle. The establishment of a baseline is generally used to indicate that the associated items conform to some requirement or exhibit some characteristic.
A configuration baseline is a specific reference point of system definition to which changes or proposed changes may be related.
The completion of a project stage is determined by the satisfactory assessment of the quality of the defined products of that stage; these deliverables then form the "baseline" for the next project stage. Products of this next stage are then formally verified against the previous baseline as part of quality assessment before themselves becoming a new baseline. Each baseline must be documented and the quality assessment review recorded.
Bespoke
A system produced for a customer, specifically to order, to meet a defined set of user requirements.
Bridge
Equipment used to connect two communication networks.
Bug
A manifestation of an error in software - a fault. [ANSI/IEEE]
Build record
Two types of Build Record are produced - hardware and software.
The hardware build record, often produced by the hardware supplier, records all replaceable hardware assemblies giving serial numbers and model numbers. In particular the versions of embedded software are recorded.
