model-centric software

noun
UK /ˈmɒdəl ˈsɛntrɪk ˈsɒftweə/
US /ˈmɑːdəl ˈsɛntrɪk ˈsɔːftwer/

Software built around a model that shows how things work.

The engineers used model-centric software to design the new car before building it.

SYNONYMS

model-based softwaremodel-driven softwaremodel-first softwaremodel-oriented software

RELATED WORDS

modelingsimulationdesign toolprototypesystem model

OTHER MEANINGS

2. Software where the main focus is a digital model rather than written code.

With model-centric software, the team changed the model and the program updated itself.

3. A tool that lets people test ideas on a computer model before making the real thing.

Doctors used model-centric software to practice a surgery on a virtual heart.

4. Software development that treats the model as the most important part of the project.

The company switched to model-centric software to keep everyone working from the same blueprint.