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This page names the research group or laboratory a computing pioneer worked within. Wikipedia notes that a primary goal of computer scientists is to "develop or validate models, often mathematical, to describe the properties of computational systems," work that is usually carried out inside a specific research group. Browsing this way collects every pioneer who worked within the same group.

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1965 CE 1
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1. Wikipedia: Software engineering
WikipediaSoftware engineering, Origin of the term section, pioneer subcategory use
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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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