# Software durability

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In [software engineering](/source/software_engineering), '''software durability''' means the solution ability of serviceability of software and to meet user's needs for a relatively long time. Software durability is important for user's satisfaction. For a [software security](/source/software_security) to be durable, it must allow an organization to adjust the software to business needs that are constantly evolving, often in impulsive ways.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.csi-india.org/digital_magazine/October/Oct.html#p=34|last1=Kumar|first1=Rajeev|last2=Khan|first2=Suhel Ahmad|last3=Khan|first3=Raees Ahmad|title=Durable Security in Software Development: Needs and Importance|magazine=CSI Communications|publisher=Computer Society of India|volume=99|issue=7|pages=34–36|date=October 2015|issn=0970-647X|access-date=2016-02-14|archive-date=2020-01-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111082231/http://www.csi-india.org/digital_magazine/October/Oct.html#p=34|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Durability of software depends on four characteristics mainly; i.e. software trustworthiness, [Human Trust for Serviceability](/source/Human_Trust_for_Serviceability), software [dependability](/source/dependability) and software [usability](/source/usability).{{cn|date=November 2019}}

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