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Software Engineering Institute
Software Engineering Institute An organization founded by the US government in 1983 to develop the discipline of software engineering and to increase industrial awareness of it. The institute is part of Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh; it is financed partly by the US government and partly by private industry. Its best-known development is the Capability and Maturity Model.
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JOHN DAINTITH. "Software Engineering Institute." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN DAINTITH. "Software Engineering Institute." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-SoftwareEngineeringInsttt.html JOHN DAINTITH. "Software Engineering Institute." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-SoftwareEngineeringInsttt.html |
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University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh main campus at Pittsburgh; private with some state support; coeducational; chartered and opened as an academy 1787, called Western Univ. of Pennsylvania 1819–1908. It operates campuses at Johnstown (1927), Greensburg (1963), Bradford (1963), and Titusville (1963) as well. There are centers for social and urban research and for international studies, and it has a noted medical center. |
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"University of Pittsburgh." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "University of Pittsburgh." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-PittsbrU.html "University of Pittsburgh." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-PittsbrU.html |
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