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SOFTWARE PROCESS

AND REQUIRMENTS
Introduction – Hardware Vs. Software - A Generic view of Process – SDLC - Process life
cycle models (Water Fall, Incremental, Evolutionary, Specialized, Agile) – Agile
development - System Engineering. Requirements Engineering - Requirement gathering
techniques - Requirements Engineering tasks – Process - Requirement Analysis -
Eliciting Requirements - Building the analysis Model.
Hardware Vs. Software

• Computer Hardware and Software, both are essential parts of a Computer


System.
• In short, Hardware and Software make a System compatible with the user.
Computer Hardware
•Hardware refers to the physical components of a computer.
•Computer Hardware is any part of the computer that we can touch these parts.
•These are the primary electronic devices used to build up the computer.
•Examples of hardware in a computer are the Processor, Memory Devices, Monitor,
Printer, Keyboard, Mouse, and Central Processing Unit.

Types of Computer Hardware


•Input Devices
•Output Devices
•Storage Devices
•Internal Component
Input Devices: Input Devices are those devices through which a user enters data and
information into the Computer or simply, User interacts with the Computer.
Output Devices: Output Devices are devices that are used to show the result of the task
performed by the user.
Storage Devices: Storage Devices are devices that are used for storing data and they
are also known as Secondary Storage Data.
Internal Component: Internal Components consists of important hardware devices
present in the System.
Computer Software
•Software is a collection of instructions, procedures, and documentation that performs
different tasks on a computer system.
•we can say also Computer Software is a programming code executed on a computer
processor.

Types of Computer Software


•System Software
•Application Software
System Software:
System Software is a component of Computer Software that directly operates with
Computer Hardware which has the work to control the Computer’s Internal Functioning
and also takes responsibility for controlling Hardware Devices such as Printers, Storage
Devices, etc.
Application Software: Application Software are the software that works the basic
operations of the computer. It performs a specific task for users.
Parameters Hardware Software

Hardware is a physical part of Software is a set of instructions


Basic Definition the computer that causes the that tells a computer exactly what
processing of data. to do.

Development It is manufactured. It is developed and engineered.

Hardware cannot perform any The software can not be executed


Dependency
task without software. without hardware.

If the hardware is damaged, it is If the software is damaged, its


Replacement
replaced with a new one. backup copy can be reinstalled.
Electronic and other materials Created by utilizing a computer
Process of creating
are used to create hardware. language to write instructions.

Hardware is tangible as
Software is intangible as we can
hardware is a physical
Tangible see and also use the software
electronic device, that can be
but can’t touch them.
touched.

The software does not wear out


Hardware typically wears out
Durability with time. However, it may
over time.
contain flaws and glitches.

It has four main categories:


1. Input Devices It is mainly divided into
Types 2. Output Devices 1. System software
3. Storage Devices 2. Application software.
4. Internal Components.
Hardware is not affected by Software is affected
Virus effect
computer viruses. by computer viruses.

It cannot be transferred from one


It can be transferred via a
Transfer place to another electrically through
network means.
the network.

The program accepts human-


Only machine-level language is readable input, interprets it in
Machine-Level
known to be understood by machine-level language, and
language
hardware. sends it to hardware for
additional processing.

Overloading, systematic error,


Dust, overheating, humidity, and major-minor version error, and
Failures other factors are commonly other factors are commonly
responsible for hardware failures. responsible for software
failures.
QUIZ

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