My comment tried to use the same words as its parent: > Somebody at Boeing specified the software design to be "1 sensor and 2.5 degrees" What is called a "so

My comment tried to use the same words as its parent: > Somebody at Boeing specified the software design to be "1 sensor and 2.5 degrees" What is called a "software design" there, you would probably call a "requirement". I agree with you. Your meaning of "design" has a notion of correctness.