EBK SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
EBK SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
10th Edition
ISBN: 9780133943238
Author: SOMMERVILLE
Publisher: PEARSON CO
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Chapter 11, Problem 11.10E
Program Plan Intro

Failure:

Failure is defined as the system state due to which a system will stop functioning and it was raised by the fault in software application.

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