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What does maintainability measure?

The ease of modifying a program later.

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  1. The ease of modifying a program later ✔
  2. How often you clean the screen
  3. The number of keys on a keyboard

Why: Maintainability is the ease with which a program can be modified by present or future developers.

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Maintainable code is easy to keep up with.
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Answer: The ease of modifying a program later. Maintainability is the ease with which a program can be modified by present or future developers.

  1. Computer programming en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_programming
    Maintainability: the ease with which a program can be modified by its present or future developers
    Checked 2026-11-07.

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