Glossary

Dynamic C is a non-standard dialect of C with proprietary structures for multitasking. It was developed by Rabbit Semiconductor for use with the Rabbit microcontrollers. Dynamic C has additions, deletions and inconsistencies compared to the ANSI-C standard.

Rational Dynamic Object Oriented Requirements System (DOORS) (formerly Telelogic DOORS) is a requirement management tool. It is a client–server application, with a Windows-only client and servers for Linux, Windows, and Solaris. There is also a web client, DOORS Web Access.

DO-178B, Software Considerations in Airborne Systems and Equipment Certification is a guideline dealing with the safety of safety-critical software used in certain airborne systems. Although nodenically a guideline, it is a de facto standard for developing avionics software systems.

A dashboard is an easy to read, often single page, real-time user interface, showing a graphical presentation of the current status and historical trends of an organization’s or computer appliance's key performance indicators to enable instantaneous and informed decisions to be made at a glance.