ENGR 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Artificial Neural Network, Microwave Oven, Software Engineering
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Software has become the key element in the evolution of computer-based systems and products. Software is developed or engineered, it is not manufactured in the classical sense. Software doesn"t "wear out, it becomes obsolete. Although the industry is moving toward component-based assembly, most software continues to be custom built rld events. Business information processing is the largest single software application area. Applications range from astronomy to volcanology, from automotive stress analysis to space shuttle orbital dynamics, and from molecular biology to automated manufacturing. Intelligent products perform very limited and esoteric functions (e. g. , keypad control for a microwave oven, fuel control in automobiles) Word processing, spreadsheets, computer graphics, multimedia, entertainment, database management, personal and business financial applications, external network, and database access are only a few of hundreds of applications. The web pages retrieved by a browser are software that incorporates executable instructions (e. g. , html, or java),
