• DocumentCode
    1226682
  • Title

    Software is the glue in large systems

  • Author

    Belady, Laszlo A.

  • Volume
    27
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    1989
  • Firstpage
    33
  • Lastpage
    36
  • Abstract
    The author presents a brief history of computation, computers, and the emergence of software as the dominant factor in large systems. He discusses the increase in software cost and complexity and examines the reasons why the latter creates problems. He focuses on the complexity of the tasks to which computers are applied as compared to their original function of computation.<>
  • Keywords
    computer software; computation; history; large systems; software complexity; Hardware; History; Laboratories; Software quality; Sorting; Telecommunication computing; Traffic control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0163-6804
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MCOM.1989.34694
  • Filename
    34694