Software feature

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers defines the term feature in IEEE 829 as "A distinguishing characteristic of a software item (e.g., performance, portability, or functionality)."

Feature-rich

A system is said to be feature-rich when it has many options and functional capabilities available to the user. Progressive disclosure is a technique applied to reduce the potential confusion caused by displaying a wealth of features at once.

This term is also used in a pejorative fashion where it expresses the view that features are added at the expense of something that's usually considered a basic function.

See also

• Feature Oriented Programming
• Product Family Engineering
• Progressive disclosure
• Software design
• Software testing
• Application Lifecycle Management
• Software bloat

External links

• Official IEEE website