Software characteristic

Software characteristic

The nature and behavior of a software is quite different than other products of human life.

Some of the important characteristics.

·   Software does not wear out

                                                  Unlike hardware products software becomes reliable overtime instead of wearing out due to testing and fixing faults, failure intensity will come down initially and stabilize after certain time.

·      Software is flexible

                              A program can be developed to do almost anything.  Sometime, this characteristics almost anything may be the best and may help us to accommodate any kind of change.

·      Software is not manufactured

                                                  Development of a software is a one time effort but it requires a continuous maintenance effort in order to keep use it operational. However making 100 copies is not issue and it does not involved any cost.

·      Re-usability of components

                                                  For hardware products we purchase every unit and components from the market and produce the finished products. But in software, every project is a new project we start from the scratch and design of every of a software product which requires huge effort and increased cost. However efforts have been made to design standard components that may be used in new projects.