What Is Sofware Engineering AnyWay

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."
• "the systematic application of scientific and technological knowledge, methods, and experience to the design, implementation, testing, and documentation of software";
• "the application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software";
• "an engineering discipline that is concerned with all aspects of software production";
• and "the establishment and use of sound engineering principles in order to economically obtain software that is reliable and works efficiently on real machines