This dimension groups fields of computing by their ACM CCS area. Wikipedia notes the ACM Computing Classification System "is comparable to the Mathematics Subject Classification (MSC) in scope, aims, and structure, being used by the various ACM journals to organize subjects by area." Browsing this way collects every field classified under the same ACM CCS area.
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Era of Emergence ACM CCS Area
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1. Wikipedia: Software engineering
WikipediaSoftware engineering, Origin of the term section, field subcategory useQuote, Software engineering, Origin of the term section, field subcategory use
The term appeared in a list of services offered by companies in the June 1965 issue of "Computers and Automation" and was used more formally in the August 1966 issue of Communications of the ACM (Volume 9, number 8) in "President's Letter to the ACM Membership" by Anthony A. Oettinger.
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