IEEE 610.12-1990 (IEEE Standard Glossary of Software Engineering Terminology)
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IEEE 610.12-1990 is a widely cited IEEE standard that provides a comprehensive glossary of terms and definitions used in software engineering.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22520 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IEEE 610.12-1990 (IEEE Standard Glossary of Software Engineering Terminology) Context triple: [IEEE Computer Society, developsStandard, IEEE 610.12-1990 (IEEE Standard Glossary of Software Engineering Terminology)]
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IEEE 1149.1 JTAG boundary‑scan standard
The IEEE 1149.1 JTAG boundary-scan standard is a widely used test and debug specification that defines a serial interface and architecture for accessing and testing the internal logic and interconnects of integrated circuits and circuit boards.
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IEEE Standards Association
The IEEE Standards Association is a leading global organization that develops and maintains technical standards across a wide range of industries, including electronics, communications, and information technology.
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IEEE 488 GPIB standard
The IEEE 488 GPIB standard is a widely used digital interface specification that enables communication and control among electronic test and measurement instruments and computers.
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IEEE 754 floating‑point arithmetic standard
The IEEE 754 floating‑point arithmetic standard is the globally adopted specification that defines formats and rules for representing and performing binary and decimal floating‑point calculations in computer systems.
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IEEE 2413 IoT architecture standard
IEEE 2413 IoT architecture standard is a framework that defines a unified, scalable reference architecture and common vocabulary for designing and integrating Internet of Things systems across diverse domains.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IEEE 610.12-1990 (IEEE Standard Glossary of Software Engineering Terminology) Target entity description: IEEE 610.12-1990 is a widely cited IEEE standard that provides a comprehensive glossary of terms and definitions used in software engineering.
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A.
IEEE 1149.1 JTAG boundary‑scan standard
The IEEE 1149.1 JTAG boundary-scan standard is a widely used test and debug specification that defines a serial interface and architecture for accessing and testing the internal logic and interconnects of integrated circuits and circuit boards.
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B.
IEEE Standards Association
The IEEE Standards Association is a leading global organization that develops and maintains technical standards across a wide range of industries, including electronics, communications, and information technology.
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C.
IEEE 488 GPIB standard
The IEEE 488 GPIB standard is a widely used digital interface specification that enables communication and control among electronic test and measurement instruments and computers.
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D.
IEEE 754 floating‑point arithmetic standard
The IEEE 754 floating‑point arithmetic standard is the globally adopted specification that defines formats and rules for representing and performing binary and decimal floating‑point calculations in computer systems.
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E.
IEEE 2413 IoT architecture standard
IEEE 2413 IoT architecture standard is a framework that defines a unified, scalable reference architecture and common vocabulary for designing and integrating Internet of Things systems across diverse domains.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
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| instanceOf |
IEEE standard
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software engineering standard ⓘ technical standard ⓘ |
| aimsTo | reduce ambiguity in software engineering communication ⓘ |
| category | terminology standard ⓘ |
| contains |
abbreviations used in software engineering
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definitions of software engineering terms ⓘ synonyms for software engineering terms ⓘ |
| documentType | glossary ⓘ |
| domain | engineering terminology ⓘ |
| field |
computer science
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software engineering ⓘ |
| format |
PDF
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printed standard ⓘ |
| geographicScope | international ⓘ |
| hasPart |
abbreviations section
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definitions section ⓘ index of terms ⓘ |
| identifierType | IEEE standard number ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| organization | IEEE Standards Association ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1990 ⓘ |
| publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ⓘ |
| publisherAbbreviation |
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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surface form:
IEEE
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| purpose |
to promote consistent use of software engineering terms
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to provide standard definitions of software engineering terminology ⓘ |
| referencedBy |
academic research papers in software engineering
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other IEEE software engineering standards ⓘ software engineering textbooks ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
software configuration management terminology
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software life cycle processes terminology ⓘ software maintenance terminology ⓘ software quality terminology ⓘ software testing terminology ⓘ |
| scope | glossary of software engineering terms and definitions ⓘ |
| sponsor | IEEE Computer Society ⓘ |
| standardNumber |
IEEE 610.12-1990 (IEEE Standard Glossary of Software Engineering Terminology)
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surface form:
IEEE Std 610.12-1990
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| status | superseded ⓘ |
| supersededBy | IEEE Std 610.12-2010 ⓘ |
| title |
IEEE 610.12-1990 (IEEE Standard Glossary of Software Engineering Terminology)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
IEEE Standard Glossary of Software Engineering Terminology
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| usedBy |
educators in software engineering
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software engineering researchers ⓘ software engineers ⓘ standards developers ⓘ |
| usedFor |
establishing common vocabulary in software engineering
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referencing in other software engineering standards ⓘ supporting communication in software engineering projects ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: IEEE 610.12-1990 (IEEE Standard Glossary of Software Engineering Terminology) Description of subject: IEEE 610.12-1990 is a widely cited IEEE standard that provides a comprehensive glossary of terms and definitions used in software engineering.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
IEEE Computer Society
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IEEE 610.12-1990 (IEEE Standard Glossary of Software Engineering Terminology)
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IEEE 610.12-1990 (IEEE Standard Glossary of Software Engineering Terminology)
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IEEE 610.12-1990 (IEEE Standard Glossary of Software Engineering Terminology)
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IEEE Standard Glossary of Software Engineering Terminology
IEEE 610.12-1990 (IEEE Standard Glossary of Software Engineering Terminology)
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IEEE 610.12-1990 (IEEE Standard Glossary of Software Engineering Terminology)
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IEEE Std 610.12-1990
IEEE Std 610.12-2010
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this entity surface form:
IEEE Standard Glossary of Software Engineering Terminology
IEEE Std 610.12-2010
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IEEE Std 610.12-1990
610.12-2010
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IEEE 610.12-1990 (IEEE Standard Glossary of Software Engineering Terminology)
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subject surface form:
IEEE Std 610.12-2010
this entity surface form:
IEEE Standard Glossary of Software Engineering Terminology