Question

求以下计算机英语的中文翻译

what is software engineering?
the latter example indicates that errors in a software system may have serious financial consequences for the organization using it. One example of such a financial loss is the large us airline company that lost $50M because of an error in their seat reservation system. The system erroneously reported that cheap seats were sold out,while in fact there were plenty available.The problem was detected only atfer quarterly results lagged considerably behind those of both their own previous periods and those of their competitors.
Errors in automated systems may even have fatal effects.One computer science weekly magazine contained the following message in April 1983;

Answer 1

什么是软件工程？
例子的后者表明：软件系统中燃迅存在的错误对使用它的机构也许有着严重的经济后果。比如有这样一个经济损失的例子，大多数我们的航空公司会因为他们的座位预约系统的错误而损失5000万美元。这个系统错误地显示廉价的座位已经售完了，但实际上有足够的廉价皮雹此座位可以出售。只有在季度数据出来之后，这个问题才会被发现，而他们的季度数据相当大地落后于他们的前期季度和他们的竞争对手。
自动系统中存在的错肆正误甚至也有着致命的经济后果。在1983年4月，一个计算机科学周刊杂志报道了以下信息。