e/Programming Complexity

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has gloss	eng: Programming Complexity, which is often also referred to as Software Complexity is a term that encompasses numerous properties of a piece of software, all of which affect internal interactions. According to several commentators, including , there is a distinction between the terms complex and complicated; complicated implies being difficult to understand but with time and effort, ultimately knowable. Complex, on the other hand, describes the interactions between a number of entities. As the number of entities increases, the number of interactions between them would increase exponentially and it would get to a point where it would be impossible to know and understand all of them. Similarly, higher levels of complexity in software increase the risk of unintentionally interfering with interactions and so increases the chance of introducing defects when making changes.
lexicalization	eng: Programming Complexity
instance of	c/Software metrics