Explain what MVC means in the context of software development.

MVC (Model-View-Controller) is an architectural pattern that divides an application into three main components:

• Model — responsible for data and business logic. It manages the application's state and interacts with the database.
• View — responsible for displaying data to the user, i.e., the interface.
• Controller — handles user input, interacts with the model, and updates the view.

This separation helps make the code more organized, easier to maintain, and facilitates testing of the application.