Fragmentation can cause serious loss of memory in systems that are using dynamic memory management. Any useful memory management system must therefore provide means to limit fragm...
Database software can be tailored for specific application domains and their required functionality, for specific hardware and its characteristics, or for other purposes. This bri...
Software engineers think about an existing software system in terms of high-level models. The high-level models are translated to source code and the concepts represented in these...
Feature-Oriented Software Development (FOSD) provides a multitude of formalisms, methods, languages, and tools for building variable, customizable, and extensible software. Along d...
There is wide agreement that architecture plays a prominent role in large, complex software systems. Selection of an appropriate architecture – one that matches the system requi...