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Software Adaptability

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Software Adaptability is when software components with a well-defined, stable api can be exchanged using another components with minimal effort as long as the component adheres to the API. For example, SQL describes an API for a database component. As long as the software adheres to the standard SQL API, the dbms can be exchanged from Oracle to PostreSQL with no to minimal impact.1).

Source: https://personal.utdallas.edu/~chung/ftp/sqm.pdf

1)
Nary Subramanian and Lawrence Chung, Metrics for Software Adaptability, University of Texas - Dallas, Accessed 29 July 2020, https://personal.utdallas.edu/~chung/ftp/sqm.pdf
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