Life Cycle

progression of the various stages of life of an organism (initial formation, growth, development, maturation, and death)

Life cycle refers to:Biological life cycleHoney bee life cycle Life cycle of a nationNew product developmentProduct life cycle managementLIFECYCLE FundraisingSoftware life cycle
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Noun
1. a series of stages through which an organism passes between recurrences of a primary stage
(hypernym) organic phenomenon
2. the course of developmental changes in an organism from fertilized zygote to maturity when another zygote can be produced
(hypernym) growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis

software life-cycle

<programming> The phases a software product goes through between when it is conceived and when it is no longer available for use. The software life-cycle typically includes the following: requirements analysis, design, construction, testing (validation), installation, operation, maintenance, and retirement.
The development process tends to run iteratively through these phases rather than linearly; several models (spiral, waterfall etc.) have been proposed to describe this process.
Other processes associated with a software product are: quality assurance, marketing, sales and support.
(1996-12-27)

The lifetime of a product or business, from its creation to its demise or transformation.