This dimension groups computing pioneers by the ACM subject area their work is most associated with. Wikipedia notes computer scientists can focus their work on specific areas such as "algorithm and data structure development and design, software engineering, information theory, database theory." Browsing this way collects every pioneer associated with the same ACM area.
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1. Wikipedia: Software engineering
WikipediaSoftware engineering, Origin of the term section, pioneer subcategory useQuote, Software engineering, Origin of the term section, pioneer 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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