UGC NET CSE | June 2010 | Part 2 | Question: 41

Question

Software engineering primarily aims on

• A. Reliable software
• B. Cost effective software
• C. Reliable and cost effective software
• D. None of the above

Answer 1

ans is C  Reliable and cost effective software 

Typical formal definitions of software engineering are:

• "research, design, develop, and test operating systems-level software, compilers, and network distribution software for medical, industrial, military, communications, aerospace, business, scientific, and general computing applications."^[4]
• "the systematic application of scientific and technological knowledge, methods, and experience to the design, implementation, testing, and documentation of software";^[5]
• "the application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance ofsoftware";^[6]
• "an engineering discipline that is concerned with all aspects of software production";^[7]

• and "the establishment and use of sound engineering principles in order to economically obtain software that is reliable and works efficiently on real machines.