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Software design is the process of defining the architecture, components, interfaces, and data of a software system to satisfy specified requirements. It translates user and business needs into a structured technical solution that developers can implement and maintain. This process includes choosing design patterns, organizing modules, defining data flows, and ensuring qualities like scalability, maintainability, performance, and security. Software design can be done at a high level, focusing on overall system structure, or at a detailed level, describing classes, functions, and data structures. Good software design reduces complexity, lowers costs, and improves reliability over the software’s lifetime.