A hypothetical conscious entity who had some role in the origin and/or development of life. / A proponent of the intelligent design hypothesis.

plural of type designer

The collaborative design of things, especially of open source software, through use of publicly shared design information.

The process or art of defining the hardware and software architecture, components, modules, interfaces, and data for a computer system to satisfy specified requirements. One could see it as the application of systems theory to computing. Some overlap with the discipline of systems analysis appears inevitable. Design tools such as UML now address some of the issues of computer systems design and interfacing.

An individual who avoids drinking alcohol at a social engagement for the purpose of driving their companions home.

A process of design applied to products that are to be manufactured through techniques of mass production.

(architecture, computing, design) A formal way of documenting a general reusable solution to a design problem in a particular field of expertise.

The belief that biological life on Earth, or more broadly, the universe as a whole, was created by an intelligent agent (specified or unspecified) rather than being the result of undirected natural processes.

(software design) The structure and definition of the behavior of a system, the surrounding environment, corresponding artifacts, and the elements that communicate the aforementioned behavior.

(business) A process or program to design a product or service to an optimum cost to value ratio.