(education) A method of designing an educational curriculum by setting goals before choosing instructional methods and forms of assessment.

An authorized engineering procedure meant to plan new or retrofited structures or systems subject to earthquake exposure.

Someone who designs clothing professionally.

(security, computing) Relying on a secure design to defend against attacks.

(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.

plural of defensive design

(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.

(US) A member of the United States Cabinet who stays at a physically distant, secure, and undisclosed location when the President, the vice president, and the other officials in the line of succession are gathered at a single location.

A drug specifically developed to replace an illegal recreational drug (so as to circumvent existing drug laws), usually by modifying its molecular structure.

(travel) a code on airline tickets to indicate what type of discount is applied, such as for a child or infant, or airline employee.