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software development

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software development

Summary

software development is a system lifecycle phase[1]. It draws 1,513 Wikipedia views per month (system_lifecycle_phase category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • software development's instance of is recorded as system lifecycle phase[3].
  • software development's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[4].
  • software development's instance of is recorded as field of study[5].
  • software development's instance of is recorded as field of study[6].
  • software development is a type of new product development[7].
  • software development is a type of economic production[8].
  • software development is a type of software industry[9].
  • software development's Commons category is recorded as Software development[10].
  • software development's said to be the same as is recorded as Computer programming activities[11].
  • software development comprises requirements capture[12].
  • software development comprises computer programming[13].
  • software development comprises software testing[14].
  • software development comprises software maintenance[15].
  • software development comprises software engineering[16].
  • software development's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Software development[17].
  • software development's product or material produced is recorded as software[18].
  • software development's partially coincident with is recorded as computer programming[19].
  • software development's has characteristic is recorded as software release life cycle[20].
  • software development's uses is recorded as use case[21].
  • software development's uses is recorded as software development methodology[22].
  • software development's studied by is recorded as software engineering[23].
  • software development's practiced by is recorded as software developer[24].
  • software development's practiced by is recorded as software analyst[25].
  • software development's practiced by is recorded as lead programmer[26].
  • software development's practiced by is recorded as Civic hacker[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include system lifecycle phase[3], academic discipline[4], and field of study[5]. Recorded subclass of include new product development[7], economic production[8], and software industry[9].

Use and Application

Components include requirements capture[12]; computer programming[13], an academic discipline[28]; software testing[14], a type of test[29]; software maintenance[15]; and software engineering[16], a branch of computer science[30].

Why It Matters

software development draws 1,513 Wikipedia views per month (system_lifecycle_phase category, ranking #1 of 2).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . ideosoftware.com. ideosoftware.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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