requirement

  1. Noun.  A necessity or prerequisite; something required or obligatory.
  2. Noun.  Something asked.
  3. Noun.  (engineering) A statement (in domain specific terms) which specifies a verifiable constraint on an implementation that it shall undeniably meet or ''(a)'' be deemed unacceptable, or ''(b)'' result in implementation failure, or ''(c)'' result in system failure.

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