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    Program maintenance involves modifying existing software after delivery to correct errors, improve performance, add new functionalities, or remove obsolete code. Maintenance activities include corrective maintenance to fix errors, preventive maintenance to avoid future issues, adaptive maintenance for changes in the working environment, and perfective maintenance to incorporate new client requirements and stay up-to-date. Programmers use tools like program slicers, data flow analyzers, dynamic analyzers, and static analyzers to assist with software maintenance tasks.

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    Program maintenance involves modifying existing software after delivery to correct errors, improve performance, add new functionalities, or remove obsolete code. Maintenance activities include corrective maintenance to fix errors, preventive maintenance to avoid future issues, adaptive maintenance for changes in the working environment, and perfective maintenance to incorporate new client requirements and stay up-to-date. Programmers use tools like program slicers, data flow analyzers, dynamic analyzers, and static analyzers to assist with software maintenance tasks.

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    Program maintenance involves modifying existing software after delivery to correct errors, improve performance, add new functionalities, or remove obsolete code. Maintenance activities include corrective maintenance to fix errors, preventive maintenance to avoid future issues, adaptive maintenance for changes in the working environment, and perfective maintenance to incorporate new client requirements and stay up-to-date. Programmers use tools like program slicers, data flow analyzers, dynamic analyzers, and static analyzers to assist with software maintenance tasks.

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    Program Maintenance

    Program maintenance is the process of modifying a software or program after delivery to achieve
    any of these outcomes −
    Correct errors
    Improve performance
    Add functionalities
    Remove obsolete portions
    Despite the common perception that maintenance is required to fix errors that come up after the
    software goes live, in reality most of the maintenance work involves adding minor or major
    capabilities to existing modules. For example, some new data is added to a report, a new field
    added to entry forms, code to be modified to incorporate changed government laws, etc.

    Types of Maintenance

    Maintenance activities can be categorized under four headings −


    Corrective maintenance − Here errors that come up after on-site implementation are
    fixed. The errors may be pointed out by the users themselves.
    Preventive maintenance − Modifications done to avoid errors in future are called
    preventive maintenance.
    Adaptive maintenance − Changes in the working environment sometimes require
    modifications in the software. This is called adaptive maintenance. For example, if
    government education policy changes, corresponding changes have to be made in student
    result processing module of school management software.
    Perfective maintenance − Changes done in the existing software to incorporate new
    requirements from the client is called perfective maintenance. Aim here is to be always be
    up-to-date with the latest technology.

    Maintenance Tools

    Software developers and programmers use many tools to assist them in software maintenance.
    Here are some of the most widely used −
    Program slicer − selects a part of the program that would be affected by the change
    Data flow analyzer − tracks all possible flows of data in the software
    Dynamic analyzer − traces program execution path

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    Static analyzer − allows general viewing and summarizing of the program


    Dependency analyzer − assists in understanding and analyzing interdependence of
    different parts of the program

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