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DSI

Last Updated May 24, 2021 1:41 pm

Short for delivered source instruction, one line of new source code developed for software. DSI is used to estimate software cost (see COCOMO).

Typically expressed in thousands of lines of code (e.g., 2,000 DSI or 2KDSI).

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