Meaning of use case | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A potential scenario in which a system receives an external request (such as user input) and responds to it.
2. A usage scenario for a piece of software; often used in the plural to suggest situations where a piece of software may be useful.
3. A usage scenario for a product, such as a piece of equipment or a tool.

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Examples

“So Amazon unveiled more software services to make⟳ A.W.S. indispensable. In a speech at the event, Andy Jassy, the head of A.W.S., said it wanted to “enable every imaginable use⟳ case.””

“Shopify fulfills what’s known in the software development community as the “80 percent use⟳ case,” which means it provides 80 percent of the features that merchants need⟳ and third-party developers supply⟳ the rest⟳[…]”

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