delivered source instruction

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delivered source instruction - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Delivered Source Instruction
  DSI
  
     <programming, unit> (DSI) One line of source code (LOC)
     developed by a project.
  
     DSI is the primary input to many tools for estimating software
     cost.  The term "delivered" is generally meant to exclude
     non-delivered support software such as test drivers.  However,
     if these are developed with the same care as delivered
     software, with their own reviews, test plans, documentation,
     etc., then they should be counted.  The "source instructions"
     include all program instructions created by project personnel
     and processed into machine code by some combination of
     preprocessors, compilers, and assemblers.  It excludes
     comments and unmodified utility software.  It includes job control language
     , format statements, and data declarations.
  
     (1996-05-29)