Component

Hardware: a physical entity of a larger system, such as a chip on a circuit board

Software: a module in modular systems

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How much sleep do you get per night? When was the last time you worked more than 40 hours a week? Are you happy at your job? These are the questions that most impact software quality. Studies across disciplines consistently show that the difference between technical and human solutions is the difference between results that effectively state “We speculate there is a small impact” and “We are confident there’s a dramatic difference.” These findings make sense: Programming is an extension of our minds, and anything that compromises our minds will hurt our programming skills.