Contract

Definitions

1. A formal specification of the obligations and guarantees between software components. In Design by Contract, preconditions, postconditions, and invariants define what a function expects, promises, and maintains. In blockchain, a smart contract is self-executing code deployed on-chain.

   In plain English: An agreement between parts of a program about what data they will send and receive, like a handshake deal that the code enforces automatically.

Related Terms

• Endpoint
• Behavior
• Consume
• JDBC
• Parameter
• Protocol
• Swagger
• Protocol Buffers
• Contract Testing
• Mutation Observer
• Resize Observer
• Data Contract
• HATEOAS
• gRPC
• GraphQL Subscription
• Content Negotiation
• Rate Limiting Algorithm
• OpenAPI Specification
• API Rate Limit Header
• OpenAPI Generator