Coupling (computer programming)

In software engineering, coupling is:

• The manner and degree of interdependence between software modules;
• A measure of how closely connected two routines or modules are;
• The strength of the relationships between modules.

Description

Coupling is usually contrasted with cohesion.

Low coupling often correlates with high cohesion, and vice versa.

Low coupling is often a sign of a well-structured computer system and a good design, and when combined with high cohesion, supports the general goals of high readability and maintainability.

See also

• Cohesion (computer science)
• Connascence (computer science)
• Coupling (physics)
• Dependency hell
• Efferent coupling
• Inversion of control
• List of object-oriented programming terms
• Loose coupling
• Make (software)
• Modular programming
• Static code analysis

External links

• Coupling (computer programming @ Wikipedia