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'''Forensic software engineering''' refers to the discipline of analyzing (and sometimes reconstructing) the functionality of [[software]] applications or services that have become defunct; are no longer accompanied by, or previously lacked, documentation; or for which the original [[engineer]]s are no longer available.<br />
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==Description==<br />
Usually, forensic [[software engineering]] is performed with an interest in understanding the functionality - and sometimes intent - of software that has been abandoned by its creators, with an eye to correcting unexpected outcomes or determining whether to port, rebuild, replace, or retire a functional software instance.<ref>Johnson, Chris [http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~johnson/papers/Safety_Science/forensic.html "Forensic Software Engineering: Are Software Failures Symptomatic of Systemic Problems?"]</ref><br />
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Is often required as a result of a corporate mergers or acquisitions, or during the migration/transition from an old [[datacenter]] to a newer one.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Charles Babbage Institute]]<br />
* [[History of operating systems]]<br />
* [[IT History Society]]<br />
* [[List of operating systems]]<br />
* [[Timeline of operating systems]]<br />
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