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== Prominent figures in the history of software engineering == * [[Charles Bachman]] (1924–2017) is particularly known for his work in the area of [[databases]]. * [[László Bélády]] (1928–2021) the editor-in-chief of the IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering in the 1980s. * [[Fred Brooks]] (born 1931) best known for managing the development of [[OS/360]]. * [[Peter Chen]] (born 1947) known for the development of [[entity–relationship model]]ing. * [[Edsger W. Dijkstra]] (1930–2002) developed the framework for a form of structured programming. * [[David Parnas]] (born 1941) developed the concept of [[information hiding]] in [[modular programming]]. * [[Michael A. Jackson (computer scientist)|Michael A. Jackson]] (born 1936) software engineering methodologist responsible for JSP method of program design; JSD method of system development (with John Cameron); and Problem Frames approach for analysing and structuring software development problems. * [[Richard Stallman]], created the GNU system utilities and championed free software.
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