software engineering

software engineering

English

Etymology

Coined by NASA scientist and systems engineer Margaret Hamilton.[1]

Noun

software engineering (uncountable)

1. The subfield of engineering concerned with applying a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software.

Related terms

• software engineer

Translations

subfield of engineering concerned with the development, operation, and maintenance of software

Chinese: Mandarin: 軟件工程／软件工程 (ruǎnjiàn gōngchéng) Czech: softwarové inženýrství n Finnish: ohjelmistotuotanto French: génie logiciel (fr) m German: Softwaretechnik f Greek: μηχανική λογισμικού (el) f (michanikí logismikoú), τεχνολογία λογισμικού (el) f (technología logismikoú) Icelandic: hugbúnaðarverkfræði f Irish: innealtóireacht bogearraí f Italian: ingegneria del software f Japanese: ソフトウェア工学 (ソフトウェアこうがく, sofutouea kougaku) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: endezyariya nivîsbariyê f Portuguese: engenharia de software f Romanian: inginerie software f, ingineria programării f Thai: วิศวกรรมซอฟต์แวร์

References

• Pierre Bourque and Robert Dupuis, editors (February 6, 2004) Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge - 2004 Version‎, →ISBN

1. Rayl, A.J.S. (16 October 2008), “NASA Engineers and Scientists-Transforming Dreams Into Reality”, in NASA.gov‎, NASA, retrieved 27 December 2014