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software engineering

academic discipline constituted at the 1968 NATO conference in Garmisch-Partenkirchen; studies systematic approaches to developing software
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software engineering

Summary

software engineering is a branch of computer science[1]. It draws 1,581 Wikipedia views per month (branch_of_computer_science category, ranking #1 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • software engineering's instance of is recorded as branch of computer science[3].
  • software engineering's instance of is recorded as branch of engineering[4].
  • software engineering's instance of is recorded as academic major[5].
  • software engineering's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[6].
  • software engineering's instance of is recorded as field of study[7].
  • software engineering's instance of is recorded as field of study[8].
  • software engineering's instance of is recorded as economic sector[9].
  • software engineering is a type of systems engineering[10].
  • software engineering is a type of computer science[11].
  • software engineering is part of information technology[12].
  • software engineering is part of systems engineering[13].
  • software engineering's Commons category is recorded as Software engineering[14].
  • software engineering's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Software engineering[15].
  • software engineering's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Software engineering[16].
  • software engineering's topic has template is recorded as Template:Software engineering[17].
  • software engineering's used by is recorded as organizational engineering[18].
  • software engineering's used by is recorded as information engineering[19].
  • software engineering's history of topic is recorded as history of software engineering[20].
  • software engineering's has list is recorded as Outline of software engineering[21].
  • software engineering's is the study of is recorded as software development[22].
  • software engineering's practiced by is recorded as software engineer[23].
  • software engineering's practiced by is recorded as research software engineer[24].
  • software engineering's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[25].
  • software engineering's Stack Exchange site URL is recorded as https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/[26].
  • software engineering's Stack Exchange site URL is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/[27].

Why It Matters

software engineering draws 1,581 Wikipedia views per month (branch_of_computer_science category, ranking #1 of 8).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . masterstudies.com. Retrieved . masterstudies.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · TiagoLubiana · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0) → —
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    Babelnet id → 02058043n
    Commons category → Software engineering
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