The term "software development" may be used to refer to the activity of computer programming, which is the process of writing and maintaining the source code,
but in a broader sense of the term it includes all that is involved
between the conception of the desired software through to the final
manifestation of the software, ideally in a planned and structured
process.[2]
Therefore, software development may include research, new development,
prototyping, modification, reuse, re-engineering, maintenance, or any
other activities that result in software products.
