Software Engineering (10th Edition)
Software Engineering (10th Edition)
10th Edition
ISBN: 9780133943030
Author: Ian Sommerville
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 11, Problem 11.10E
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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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