Software Engineering Notes Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 5 Definitions 5 Characteristics of a software Product 5 Components of software 6 Types of Software Product 6 History 6 Software Crisis:- 1965-1985 6 Software myths 7 The 4Ps of Software engineering 7 Software Development Life Cycle(SDLC) 8 Waterfall Model 8 Waterfall Strengths 9 Waterfall Deficiencies 9 When to use the Waterfall Model 10 Spiral SDLC Model 10 Spiral Model
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Different Types of Application Software Word Processing Software: This software enables users to create and edit documents. The most popular examples of this type of software are MS-Word‚ WordPad and Notepad among other text editors. Database Software: Database is a structured collection of data. A computer database relies on database software to organize data and enable database users to perform database operations. Database software allows users to store and retrieve data from databases.
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Current trends in hardware and software include the increasing use of reduced instruction-set computing‚ movement to the UNIX operating system which is the development of large software libraries‚ microprocessor-based smart terminals that allow remote validation of data‚ speech synthesis and recognition‚ application generators‚ now in fourth-generation languages‚ computer-aided software engineering‚ object-oriented technologies‚ and artificial intelligence. The computer industry and its products
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NAME: ZAKHELE B. SURNAME: MSANI SUBJECT: SYSTEM SOFTWARE MODULE 1 CONTENTS Page 1. Hardware Requirements………………………………………………………………………………………..1 1.1. Laser Printer……………………………………………………………………………………………1 1.2. Digital Camera…………………………………………………………………………………………1 1.3. Graphic Card……………………………………………………………………………………………1 1.4. Card Reader…………………………………………………………………………………………….1 1.5. 8GB RAM DDR3……………………………………………………………………………………….1 1.6. 250GB Internal Hard Drive (Seagate)…………
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or free software for its most important business information systems? At first glance‚ the question above would probably lead you to believe that proprietary software should be the obvious choice when selecting between the different types simply because of the reference to the words most important. You could also look at the definitions of the three and be convinced that proprietary software seems to be more compelling than the rest. However‚ with the recent developments with software in general
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magnitude and impact of data-related problems to be solved in contemporary business organizations. This introduction to the MIS Quarterly Special Issue on Business Intelligence Research first provides a framework that identifies the evolution‚ applications‚ and emerging research areas of BI&A. BI&A 1.0‚ BI&A 2.0‚ and BI&A 3.0 are defined and described in terms of their key characteristics and capabilities. Current research in BI&A is analyzed and challenges and opportunities associated with BI&A
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Software. It represents the set of programs that govern the operation of a computer system and make the hardware run. Computer software contrasts with computer hardware‚ which is the physical component of computers. It uses the computer system to perform useful work or provide entertainment functions beyond the basic operation of the computer itself. System Customized. To change (something) in order to fit the needs or requirements of a person‚ business‚ etc. Errors Cash flows. Is the movement
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PROJECT TITLE : SMS VIA APPLICATION SOFTWARE USING VISUAL BASIC 6 OBJECTIVE: We want to send SMS through our Application Software‚ which will help us to write SMS with the keyboard and it will make a user friendly environment to send SMS. METHODOLOGY: We use a SMS Toolkit called ActiveX/COM component which provides SMS messaging functionality. With this Toolkit‚ we can send and receive SMS messages via a: 1. GSM modem; 2. GSM phone; Requirements: 1. We use visual basic 6.0 as our main
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document--a letter‚ a report‚ and so on. Three basic kinds of software are available to assist those with keying skill in applying that skill electronically. Word Processing Software Word processing software is specifically designed to assist in the document preparation needs of individuals or business. Word processing software permits the user to “create‚ edit‚ format‚ store‚ and print document.” (Fulton and Hanks‚ 1996‚ 152) The software can be used to process a wide variety of documents such
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MILESTONE 9 – APPLICATION ARCHITECTURE Synopsis J ust as we modeled business requirements during systems analysis‚ we should model technology architecture and requirements during systems design. The models serve as blueprints for system design‚ prototyping and construction. In this milestone you will prepare a Physical Data Flow Diagram. Physical data flow diagrams model the technical and human design decisions to be implemented as part of an information system. They communicate
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