Inventions whose primary historical significance is a software system or network rather than a physical device. Belongs here: the internet and the World Wide Web as software-defined communication networks. Does not belong here: the physical computing hardware that runs software, grouped under Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering.
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1. Wikipedia: Engineering
WikipediaIntroduction, traditional disciplinesQuote, Introduction, traditional disciplines
The traditional disciplines of engineering are civil, mechanical, electrical, and chemical.
2. Wikipedia: Software engineering
WikipediaTerminology, 1968 NATO conference titleQuote, Terminology, 1968 NATO conference title
It is also associated with the title of a NATO conference in 1968 by Professor Friedrich L. Bauer.
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