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Software Essentials
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Software Essentials

by Adair Dingle
July 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
436 pages
12h 27m
English
Chapman and Hall/CRC
Content preview from Software Essentials
8 Software Essentials
modern soware systems. Soware use is no longer conned to experts.
Soware systems target a wide range of users, possibly multinational, with
diering levels of expertise. Soware systems are more likely to be distrib-
uted and consist of several components integrated together. Hence, design
priorities shi from computer performance issues, such as data storage
and processor clock cycles, to user expectations, such as responsive inter-
faces and meaningful error processing.
For example, an online reservation system must process requests to
reserve an item, whether the item is a library book, a plane ticket, or a seat
in a theater. Typically, a reservation system must be accessible in-house and/
or externally, oen ...
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ISBN: 9781439841204