ADMS 2511 Chapter Notes -Microsoft Visual Programming Language, Digital Photo Frame, Sun Microsystems
2 Nov 2013
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Computer hardware is only as effective as the instructions we give it, and those instructions are contained in software. First software applications of computers in business were developed in the early 1950"s. Software makes up a much larger percentage of the cost of modern computer systems because the price of hardware has dramatically decreased, while the complexity and the price of software has dramatically increased. Increasing complexity of software also leads to the increased potential for errors or bugs. Potential for errors is huge and testing and debugging software is expensive and time consuming. Regardless of the overall trends in software (increased complexity, increased cost and increasing number of defects) it has become an everyday feature of our business and personal lives. Software consists of computer programs, which are sequences of instructions for the computer. The process of writing, or coding, programs is called programming. Individuals who perform this task are called programmers.
