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| low coupling | has definition A kind of coupling in which the interconnections among parts of a system are reduced, making makes the resulting application easier to understand, modify and test |  | 
| is a subtopic of 3.2 - Incorporating Reusability and Reuse Into Software Engineering |  | |
| is a kind of coupling |  | |
| coupling | implies that if you want to reuse one component, you will also have to import all the ones with which it is coupled |  | 
| software quality | is hard to assess |  |