Computer Science and Software Engineering
The engineering field has taken on many new disciplines as our
scientific knowledge has grown. The latest discipline is software
engineering. According to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers (IEEE), software engineering means applying the principles of
engineering to the software development field. Software engineering
differs from other branches of engineering in that professionals are
building an intangible structure and not a tangible one. Since software
is embedded in the machines used in various industries, though,
malfunctioning software can actually have tangible effects. With
software used in everything from medical equipment to airplanes, the end
result of faulty software can indeed be loss of life.
