When Should a Black Box Be Transparent? When is a replacement not a replacement?

The article presents a discussion about when a third party vendor's component is considered to be a drop-in replacement item for the original component, and it mentions supply chain problems, a computer application programming interface (API), and computer software malleability The need to ask for i...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Communications of the ACM Vol. 65; no. 8; pp. 23 - 25
Main Authors:	Neville-Neil, George V., K. V.
Format:	Article
Published:	Association for Computing Machinery Aug2022
Subjects:	Machine parts Computer equipment Supply chain disruptions Computer software Risk Central processing units Computer input-output equipment Testing
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

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Summary:	The article presents a discussion about when a third party vendor's component is considered to be a drop-in replacement item for the original component, and it mentions supply chain problems, a computer application programming interface (API), and computer software malleability The need to ask for information from vendors in order to reduce risk is assessed, as well as replacement-related test plans, test output data, and computer hardware.