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George Koelsch, Requirements Writing for System Engineering, 10.1007/978-1-4842-2099-3_8

8. Physical Requirements

George Koelsch

(1)Herndon, Virginia, USA

If you are working on software, you might think that you do not need to worry about physical requirements. Nothing could be further from the truth. On many application projects, you will need to specify specific physical characteristics that the hardware will need to have. In addition, there are applications that are turnkey systems. A turnkey systemis a complete system that provides not only software but also the hardware and everything in between. It could be a stand-alone system, a LAN, or even a WAN (a group of LANs connected together). When you have a turnkey system, ...

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