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software design

Summary

software design ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (479 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • software design was followed by pseudocode[2].
  • software design is a type of design[3].
  • software design is part of software development[4].
  • software design's Commons category is recorded as Software design[5].
  • software design's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Software design[6].
  • software design's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/software-design[7].

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Definition and Type

software design is a type of design[3].

Use and Application

software design is part of software development[4].

Why It Matters

software design ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (479 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

Related Entities

Craig Hickman design Lauren Lee McCarthy Martin Fowler software development

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Subclass of → design
    Part of → software development
    Topic's main category → Category:Software design
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