Functional Design

Functional Design is a paradigm used to simplify the design of hardware and software devices such as computer software and increasingly, 3D models. A functional design assures that each modular part of a device has only one responsibility and performs that responsibility with the minimum of side effects on other parts. Functionally designed modules tend to have low coupling.

Read more about Functional Design:  Advantages, Technique, Critiques and Limits, Applied To 3D Modeling and Simulation, Software

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