<s>
DevPartner	B-Application
Fault	B-Application
Simulator	I-Application
is	O
a	O
software	O
development	O
tool	O
used	O
to	O
simulate	O
application	B-Application
errors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
helps	O
developers	B-Application
and	O
quality	O
assurance	O
engineers	O
write	O
,	O
test	O
and	O
debug	B-Device
those	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
responsible	O
for	O
handling	O
fault	O
situations	O
which	O
can	O
occur	O
within	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
target	O
application	B-Application
,	O
where	O
faults	O
are	O
simulated	O
,	O
behaves	O
as	O
if	O
those	O
faults	O
were	O
the	O
result	O
of	O
a	O
real	O
software	O
or	O
hardware	B-Architecture
problem	O
which	O
the	O
application	B-Application
could	O
face	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DevPartner	B-Application
Fault	B-Application
Simulator	I-Application
works	O
with	O
applications	O
written	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
.NET	B-Application
platforms	I-Application
and	O
is	O
integrated	O
with	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Visual	I-Application
Studio	I-Application
development	B-Application
environment	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
DevPartner	B-Application
Fault	B-Application
Simulator	I-Application
belonged	O
to	O
the	O
DevPartner	B-Application
family	O
of	O
products	O
offered	O
by	O
Compuware	O
.	O
</s>
