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user story

user story noun: in software development, a natural language description of how an end user uses a system feature.

Noun

user story (plural user stories)

  1. In software development, a natural language description of how an end user uses a system feature.

Forms of user story

pluraluser stories

Questions about user story

What does user story mean?
User story means in software development, a natural language description of how an end user uses a system feature.
What part of speech is user story?
User story is a noun.
What is the plural of user story?
The plural of user story is user stories.

Words near user story in the dictionary

  1. user names
  2. user page
  3. user pages
  4. user plane
  5. user stories
  6. user story
  7. user time
  8. user times
  9. user's guide
  10. user-base
  11. user-bases

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