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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]
top-down design
(Or "stepwise refinement"). The software design
technique which aims to describe functionality at a very high
level, then partition it repeatedly into more detailed levels
one level at a time until the detail is sufficient to allow
coding. This approach to software design probably originated
at IBM, and grew out of structured programming practices.
(1996-08-04)
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]top-down design /tˈɒp dˌaʊn dɪzˈaɪn/ Abwärtsstrukturierung