Software Engineering

6.1 
Software as a raw material
Engineering is the application of science, mathematics, and technologies to design 
human-made structures, machines, and other manufactured products. This involves 
the conversion of raw materials or parts that are fabricated, assembled, and inte-
grated to form larger, more complex products. Software as a “raw material” does 
not exhibit any scientific properties that guide the design of a software product. 
Software is fundamentally a set of routines composed of instructions in a language 
FIGURE 6.1
Evolution and proliferation of software development technologies.

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