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.

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.

A child whose genotype, and thus physical characteristics and susceptibility to hereditary disease, is selected by its parents.

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

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

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

(baseball) A batter who is permitted to substitute for a pitcher in the batting rotation for the duration of a baseball game.

plural of designer dyke