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Encyclopedia > Software reuse

Software reuse is the use of existing software artifacts or knowledge to build new software. Some common types of software reuse are,


- reuse of software components such as C functions, and C++ and Java classes and objects.


- carryover reuse of previous versions of a software system when buildinga new release.


- generation of software systems based on a domain specific application generator.


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NASA ESDS Software Reuse Working Group (163 words)
Software reuse can help the science community by reducing software development timescales, reducing costs, and contributing to the dissemination of knowledge and expertise.
This Software Reuse Portal has been established by the Reuse Working Group to bring together a collection of resources that will facilitate reuse within the Earth science community.
Our long-term goal is to establish a knowledge sharing community for software reuse in Earth science, and possibly to establish a "marketplace" for reusable software development artifacts.
encyclopedia reuse article (825 words)
Software reuse is the use of existing software or software knowledge to construct new software.
Software reuse as a recognized area of study in software engineering, however, dates only from 1968 when Doug McIlroy of Bell Laboratories proposed basing the software industry on reusable components.
Reuse payoffs from organizations that have formally described their business domains and built generators capable of producing significant parts of new systems can achieve higher reuse payoffs.
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