Methods whose primary historical significance is how software itself is built and delivered. Belongs here: continuous integration and agile software development as iterative development methods, and the waterfall model as the sequential development method it superseded. Does not belong here: hardware design and fabrication methods, grouped under Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering, even when they concern computing hardware.
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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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