Software engineering is concerned with how to effectively develop software Software engineering is about solving practical issues that arise in software development, while computer science is more about theoretical principles used in software

A good software engineer should have a solid background in computer science and must have good practical skills in areas such as computer programming Software is usually developed in a team in which people have different roles and responsibilities

embedded software — software that is integrated with hardware and can include both application and system software features. black box testing — manner of testing where the tests are based on the requirements and the functionality of what is being tested without the need to focus on the code itself; input-output testing…. closed-source — form of software licensing that prohibits access to underlying source code; this type of software is typically developed for organizations or for software that is meant to be sold. code review — process whereby the source code written by one developer is manually inspected by another developer or a team of reviewers.