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Software Design – Structural Partitioning




The program structure should be partitioned both horizontally and vertically.

(1) Horizontal partitioning defines separate branches of the modular hierarchy for each major program function.

Simplest way is to partition a system into: input, data transformation (processing), and output

Advantages of horizontal partition: – easy to test, maintain, and extend – fewer side effects [...]