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mechanical engineeringis a subtopic of 1.3 - Software Engineering as a Branch of the Engineering Profession2001-08-30 14:56:33.0
is a kind of engineering2001-08-30 14:56:33.0
engineeringhas economic constraints
  • resources are finite
  • it is not worth doing something unless the benefit gained from it outweighs its cost, and
  • if somebody else can perform some particular task more cheaply or faster than us, they will succeed instead of us
2001-08-30 14:55:29.0
processsee also process^22001-08-30 14:57:05.0