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Discuss the importance of software defects.

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Today, software comprises a larger percentage of the cost of modern computer systems than it did in the early 1950s. Which of the following reasons account(s) for this development?

A) Hardware costs have decreased.
B) Hardware performance has increased.
C) Software has become increasingly complex.
D) Building software applications remains slow, complex, and error-prone.
E) All of the above

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Creating specific application software using an organization's own resources is called ____ .

The concept of _____ refers to competing computing products working together.

The _____ allows users to exert direct control of icons on the computer screen.

Computer hardware and software are designed to be general purpose.

Jun has bought an accounting package for her business, which involves selling unique lamp bases and shades. She wants to hire some part-time help to assist her in implementing and becoming comfortable with the new software.. Which of the follow skill sets would be the most beneficial for this worker to possess?

_____ is software whose source code is available at no cost to developers and users.

Discuss the importance of software licensing.

un is getting ready to open a store in her home town to sell unique lamp bases and shades. She has bought a laptop to use in the store for all of her operating needs. One of the first applications she needs is one to handle her accounting and checkbook. How might she obtain such an application?

As hardware costs have decreased over the past 20 years, software costs have also decreased.

Which of the following is not an advantage of open-source software?

Off-the-shelf application software consists of specific software programs developed for a particular company by a software vendor.

The set of computer instructions that provides specific functionality to a user is called:

Packaged application software addresses a specific or unique business need for a company.

The main system control program is the _____.

Application software cannot be run on computer hardware without systems software.

The overall trends in software include all of the following except:

Open systems refers to a model of computer products - hardware, operating systems, and application software - that allow any computing device to be seamlessly connected to and interact with any other computing device.

_____ is(are) a written description of a computer program's functions.