C6 TESTING AND RUNNING PROGRAMS

Other related material can be found in Section A4 Systems design and life cycle, Section C1 Programming concepts, Section C2 Programming (flow of execution), Section C3 Programming (subprograms), Section C4 Program syntax, Section C7 Programming languages and Section B12 Systems software.

Computer systems need to be reliable. Depending upon the task they are designed to do, different levels of reliability are appropriate. Software on these systems ranges from that used for office activities, such as word processors and spreadsheets, through software used in financial institutions, all the way to safety-critical software such as that used for controlling aircraft in flight.

The way software is developed and tested ...

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