WHAT IS A SOFTWARE A set of instructions that cause a computer to perform one or more tasks. The set of instructions is often called a program or‚ if the set is particularly large and complex‚ a system. Computers cannot do any useful work without instructions from software; thus a combination of software and hardware (the computer) is necessary to do any computerized work. A program must tell the computer each of a set of minuscule tasks to perform‚ in a framework of logic‚ such that the computer
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What Is Computer Software? When you think of a computer imagine a machine made of two parts. The first part is the computer hardware‚ the physical parts of the computer that you can actually touch. Some examples of hardware are disks‚ monitors‚ boards‚ chips‚ etc. Hardware does all of the physical work of the computer‚ from memory storage to display. The second part‚ what we call “computer software”‚ acts as the brain of the computer‚ telling the hardware what to do and when and how to do it
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Software Metric Software metric is a measure of some property of a piece of software or its specifications. Since quantitative measurements are essential in all sciences‚ there is a continuous effort by computer science practitioners and theoreticians to bring similar approaches to software development. The goal is obtaining objective‚ reproducible and quantifiable measurements‚ which may have numerous valuable applications in schedule and budget planning‚ cost estimation‚ quality assurance testing
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Software Crisis Software crisis was a term used in the early days of computing science. The term was used to describe the impact of rapid increases in computer power and the complexity of the problems which could be tackled. In essence‚ it refers to the difficulty of writing correct‚ understandable‚ and verifiable computer programs. The roots of the software crisis are complexity‚ expectations‚ and change. The major cause of the software crisis is that the machines have become several orders
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Computer software‚ be it the brain behind our VCR or the program created specifically to run a country’s missile defense system‚ are an absolutely integral part of helping to make our day-to-day lives that much less complicated. But when your blender comes screaming to life in your sleep‚ or your bank somehow “loses” your life savings and says “you only have 37 cents in that account”‚ who is to blame? According to liability laws that have been in question since the birth of what might be considered
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Picasso at the Lapin Agile From the time you enter the Falk Theatre‚ until the curtain rises and falls on the Stageworks productions of Picasso at the Lapin Agile‚ you are in for a treat. The play is an original work by Steve Martin with a running time of 90minutes‚ which feels more like 30minutes. Aside from the uncomfortable seating‚ this production is nothing short of wonderful. The Theatre has been transformed from a long movie Theater atmosphere to a quaint surrounding by means of risers
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Hardware and Software Paper Shanta Leonard CIS/205 August 19‚ 2010 Steven Hultgren‚ PHP Hardware and Software The combination of the hardware and software components used by an organization determines that organizations failure or success. The hardware and software that an organization decides to implement should assimilate throughout the company and be easily transformed and understood. The organization that I will discuss within this paper is within the Health care Organization
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application development as an aspect of ICT there has been a huge improvement in the availability and portability of applications in our day to day business transactions. Mobile application development is the course of action by which application software is designed and developed for hand-held devices like mobile phones‚ personal digital assistants‚ etc. With regard to the Agricultural sector most
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Google Survey Software Suvey software to create surveys gather data and create reports www.surveymethods.com Results of the fifth annual benchmark survey on global software piracy were released recently‚ highlighting the serious impact of copyright infringement to the software industry. Piracy losses exceeded $12 billion worldwide in 1999 and topped $59 billion during the past five years. The survey‚ conducted by an independent research firm‚ was commissioned by the Business Software Alliance (BSA)
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Computer software engineers use the basics and techniques of computer science‚ engineering‚ and mathematical analysis to the design‚ development‚ testing‚ and evaluation of the software and systems that enable computers to perform their many different tasks. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics‚ computer software engineers are projected to be one of the fastest growing occupations over the 200212 period. The starting salaries for computer engineers with a bachelor’s degree can be higher
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