Those attributes of a system that provide for implementation of a function with a minimum amount of human and technical resource.

Those attributes of the software that provide implementation of a function with a minimum amount of code. [McCall, Richards, and Walters, RADC, 1977

(adj.) A term used to describe one attribute of a CAD database. The more concise the database, the less space each record takes in the hard drive of the computer.

Brevity; a lack of wordiness

terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words

The quality of being concise.

the degree to which a software system or component has no excessive information present.