Freeze (software engineering)
IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, DEVELOPMENT PHASE DURING WHICH POLICY RESTRICTS MAKING CHANGES TO THE SYSTEM
Feature freeze; Code freeze; Codeslush
In software engineering, a freeze is a point in time in the development process after which the rules for making changes to the source code or related resources become more strict, or the period during which those rules are applied. A freeze helps move the project forward towards a release or the end of an iteration by reducing the scale or frequency of changes, and may be used to help meet a roadmap.