Program lifecycle

I think there is not a specific definition of codebase. I think the definition is whatever the user of the term defines it to be.

I hope you do not mind me saying that instead of saying achieve a particular responsibility of an application I think it is more common to say satisfy the application requirements except there are many variations of that.

Recently in one of the articles published here, I spotted the next term, "codebase".

In my opinion, the term "codebase" refers to the entire collection of source code files, resources, configuration files, and documentation encompassed by the compilation unit.  On the other hand, "code" typically refers to the individual text files written in a programming language. It is the specific text written by a programmer to achieve a particular responsibility of an application. In essence, while "codebase" refers to the entirety of a compilation unit, "code" pertains to the text written within that codebase to implement specific responsibility.

What do you think in this respect?

Engineering metrics - I mean quantitative measures used to assess various aspects of the engineering process, such as product quality, process efficiency, and team productivity. These metrics provide objective data that enable teams to evaluate performance. Engineering metrics can include measures like code complexity, defect density, development velocity, and test coverage. By tracking and analyzing these metrics, engineering teams can compare and decide if something is simpler, more general, better, and so on.

You are right, the situation term is more precise in this context.

In general, I am asking about the valid scope of usage of the mentioned terms. I am pretty sure that these terms are used not only in English. Sometimes they may be translated assuming preservation of the meaning.

People have recently been using the word scenario much more than when I was young. I think people have been using it instead of other words, such as situtaion. I think it is another situation where people whose native language is not English attempt to use the correct word but choose something that is (was not) typical and then the atypical word becomes typical but there is no improvement.

I do not know what you mean by engineering metrics.

You say milestones and probably the word typicaly used is events or actions.

As before, I do not understand the context of the question therefore I do not know how to respond to the fundamental question.

Sam, you are right, but my concern is if we have a metric of generality. To compare two scenarios in the context of generality we need a metric to make a comparison between them. In other words, if a scenario or situation is more general we need engineering metrics to compare.

My point is that we should talk about milestones, for example: compiling (or building), testing, shipping, installing, and upgrading. After compiling we must deal with the compiler deliverables, and the source code is no longer relevant unless we need to provide code modification. 

I prefer to talk about software if it is available as a product after shipping (e.g. publishing a software installation package). Application (shortly app) I use to refer to installed software ready to be executed on a computer. 

My point is that source code, code, and program text can be treated almost as synonyms. The code sounds something like cybersecurity stuff. Creating code, just programming sounds like something magic, special, not available for typical humans, but it means writing text compliant with a selected programming language. It is like writing a post, but needs special skills. The only difference is that the post is interpreted by people, but additionally, the program text must be executable by a machine.

The definition of source code from ChatGPT sounds good to me.

The term application is very general and I think varies. You can look at the dictionary definitions if you want but I think it is difficult to define the term in a manner consistent with every use by developers. In some uses an application can consist of many programs. For example General Ledger, Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable might be called applications but each have many progrms. Correspondingly program is very general and potentially inconsistent.

Software is even more general. The term code alone is extremely general.

I have not seen the term program text used. My interpretation is that it is the same as source code.