NCIS stands for this.

A computer used as a component of a larger system.

An engineering discipline focused on the production of the software as well as the development of tools, methodologies, and theories supporting software production.

During this phase software engineers produce a working software system that matches the specifications.

The NCIC contains a total of about this many records.

450 California inmates labeled with "high risk of violence" were let go by mistake and officials could not return because they were given this.

The Patriot Missile system was used to work defending against Scud missiles launched at what two countries?

Focuses on determining the requirements of the system and the constraints under which it must operate.

One way to validate a model is to make sure it does this to the perfomance of the actual system.

Consumer software is often called this because of the plastic wrap surrounding the box containing the software and manuals.

A company installed a new bug that incorrectly charged 1.4% of their customers phone bill by this amount per minute.

This German Physicist discovered the x-ray in 1895.

This is used to design nuclear weapons , search for oil, create pharmaceuticals, and design safer, more fuel efficient cars.

They developed the Therac-25.

In this phase you are modifying the software to meet the changing needs of the customer

A Pittsburgh University revealed that computer spelling and grammar checkers used by students, did this to the number of errors they made.

This Airport began charging all of the airlines a flight fee of about $ 20 dollars per passenger, the highest airport fee in the nation.

This court case seemed to affirm the notion that software manufacturers could be held responsible for defects in their products.

In the November 2000 general election, Florida disqualified thousands of voters and identified them as this.

The codes of software for these were reused in the Therac-25.

This linear accelerator was notoriously unreliable. and It was not unusual for the system to malfunction 40 times a day.

The Army claimed the Patriot missile defense system had been 95 percent effective destroying Scud missiles. But in reality it was actually this percentage of them destroyed.

Article 2 of this governs the sales of products in the United States.

One of the first important uses of computer simulations was to help aid in the exploration of this.

This department stated it would no longer require FBI to ensure the accuracy of information about criminals and victims before entering it into the NCIC database.