(software, design) A software design approach that prescribes that software designers should define formal, precise and verifiable interface specifications ("contracts") for software components that extend the ordinary definition of abstract data types with preconditions, postconditions and invariants.

(computing) The practice of planning for contingencies in the design stage of a project so as to make the misuse of the software impossible, or to minimise the negative consequences.

(fashion, art) The art of applying design, aesthetics and natural beauty to clothing and its accessories.

A set of rules on design of buildings and public spaces.

Design that is accessible to all, regardless of any disability.

The design of movement in animations / video.

(nautical) The maximum depth at which a submarine is designed to be able to operate safely.

plural of design depth

the application of a defined set of cognitive, strategic and practical processes to develop design concepts

(mathematics) In combinatorial mathematics, a set together with a family of subsets (repeated subsets are allowed at times) whose members are chosen to satisfy some set of properties deemed useful for a particular application.