| Subject | English | Swedish |
| IT | imperative macro instruction | imperativa makroinstruktioner |
| gen. | imperative requirements | tvingande hänsyn till allmänintresset |
| gen. | imperative requirements in the general interest | tvingande hänsyn till allmänintresset |
| comp., MS | imperative security check | obligatorisk säkerhetskontroll (A security check that occurs when a security method is called within the code that is being protected. This type of check can be data-driven and can be isolated to a single location within an object or method. For example, if the name of a file to be protected is known only at run time, an imperative security check can be invoked by passing the file name as a parameter to a security method) |
| law | in cases of imperative need arising from changes in the situation | om förändringar i situationen gör det absolut nödvändigt |
| IT | non imperative language | icke-imperativt språk |