Q. What is the purpose of using the engineering metaphor in software engineering?

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Q. When were the first computers built?

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Q. How were early computer programs different from current programs?

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Q. What was the main focus of problems to be solved in the early years of computerization?

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Q. What was the typical input and output of early computer programs?

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Q. In the past, who mostly developed software?

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Q. How are present-day programs different from those in the past?

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Q. What kind of problems were tackled by software development in the past?

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Q. How were programming techniques viewed in the 1960s?

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Q. How did organizations attempt to solve problems in the past?

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Q. What were the consequences of the software development approach in the past?

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Q. What was known as the "software crisis" in the 1960s?

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Q. Under the auspices of which organization were two conferences held in 1968 and 1969 to discuss software development problem?

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Q. What is the main purpose of software development?

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Q. In what cases software can be used as a vehicle for new technologies?

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Q. What are the reasons for embarking on a software development project?

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Q. How was the term 'software engineering' used in the conferences of 1968 and 1969?

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Q. What is a major driving force for software development?

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Q. What are the costs associated with software development?

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Q. What percentage of total expenditure is hardware costs typically?

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