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1Software development — is the translation of a user need or marketing goal into a software product. [cite book|author=Birrell, N.D.|title=A Practical Handbook for Software Development|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1985|id=ISBN 0 521 25462 0] [cite… …
2Software patent debate — is the argument dealing with the extent to which it should be possible to patent software and computer implemented inventions as a matter of public policy. Policy debate on software patents has been active for years. [Cite book |last=Nichols… …
3Software design — is a process of problem solving and planning for a software solution. After the purpose and specifications of software are determined, software developers will design or employ designers to develop a plan for a solution. It includes low level… …
4Software Sizing — is an important activity in software engineering that is used to estimate the size of a software application or component in order to be able to implement other software project management activities (such as estimating or tracking). Size is an… …
5Software versioning — is the process of assigning either unique version names or unique version numbers to unique states of computer software. Within a given version number category (major, minor), these numbers are generally assigned in increasing order and… …
6Software product management — is the process of managing software that is built and served as a product as opposed to a serviceoftware productsA software product is typically a single application or suite of applications built by a software company to be used by *many*… …
7Software art — refers to works of art where the creation of software, or concepts from software, play an important role; for example software applications which were created by artists and which were intended as artworks. Although video games are also software… …
8Software evolution — is the term used in Software engineering to refer to the process of developing software initially, then repeatedly updating it for various reasons.General introductionSoftware Evolution is the process of initial development of a software product …
9Software audit — can mean: * a software licensing audit, where a user of software is audited for licence compliance * software quality assurance, where a piece of software is audited for quality * a software audit review, where a group of people external to a… …
10Software quality — Contents 1 Motivation for Defining Software Quality 2 Definition 3 Alternative Approaches to Software Quality Defin …
